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The channel “Biomedicina y Salud”, which forms part of the Madri+d portal, presents a report by the journalist Xavier Pujol about the new focus that Joan Massagué, adjunct director of IRB Barcelona, is giving to research on metastasis. Metastasis is the spread of cancerous cells from the original tumour to other organs and it is responsible for 90% of deaths from cancer. Understanding how this process occurs and discovering the genes that allow cells to remain dormant and to later colonize other organs is crucial for the design of future cancer therapies.
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Canal de Biomedicina y Salud de Madri+d
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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).
