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The journal Diario Médico has published an article on the latest Barcelona BioMed conference called Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDPs) in Biomedicine. These sessions have been funded by BBVA and organized by Miquel Pons and Pau Bernadó, from IRB Barcelona, and Peter Wright, from the Scripps Research Institute in the United States. IDPs were discovered about ten years ago and revolutionized the protein-function concept. "While most of the proteins known are like a screwdriver because they have a certain structure and often perform a single function, IDPs are like Swiss army knives, that is to say, they are multifunctional," says Bernadó.
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The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) pursues a society free of disease. To this end, it conducts multidisciplinary research of excellence to cure cancer and other diseases linked to ageing. It establishes technology transfer agreements with the pharmaceutical industry and major hospitals to bring research results closer to society, and organises a range of science outreach activities to engage the public in an open dialogue. IRB Barcelona is an international centre that hosts 400 researchers and more than 30 nationalities. Recognised as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence since 2011, IRB Barcelona is a CERCA centre and member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).
