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La Sexta newscast team has covered the research performed by IDIBAPS Biomedical Research Institute and IRB Barcelona scientists on a new strategy to achieve genetically modified viruses that selectively attack tumor cells without affecting healthy tissues.
"As it is based on mechanisms that do not exist at all in healthy tissue, the oncoselectivity in the animal models we have used is complete", explains ICREA researcher Raúl Méndez, head of the Translational Control of Cell Cycle and Differentiation Lab at IRB Barcelona, talking about his study in collaboration with Cristina Fillat from IDIBAPS.
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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).
