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BioPortfolio.com — the life science, pharmaceutical and healthcare portal based in the United Kingdom— reports on the study headed by Oriol Gallego, Research Associate with the Translational control of cell cycle and differentiation at IRB Barcelona, including the author's comments. Published in the journal Cell, the study unveils key functional features of an assembly of proteins that is vital for animals and plants, thanks to a new technique developed by Oriol Gallego and presented in the same article.
“We will not know how an engine works if we dissemble it and only look at the individual parts. We need to see the engine assembled in the car and running,” said Oriol Gallego.
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About IRB Barcelona
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).
