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The programme "Els Matins", broadcasted by the Catalan channel TV3, interviews Joan Massagué, director of the Sloan-Kettering Center in New York and president of the Scientific Advisory Committee of IRB. Massagué discusses the implications of his latest article, published in the journal Cell, about cancer metastases to the brain and explains that IRB has implemented the technology and leadership skills required to study metastasis in the same way as in his own laboratory in New York.
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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).
