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The image shows tumour cells infected by the virus, which expresses a fluorescent protein. Over the days (in the image fifth day), the virus multiplies, generating new virions that infect more cancer cells (IDIBAPS, IRB Barcelona)
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‘Virus used by scientists to attack tumor cells’
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Oriol Gallego: “We will not know how an engine works if we dissemble it and only look at the individual parts"
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CPEB4 links the clock and the UPR to protect the liver
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IRB Barcelona opens new door to study cellular protein machinery
Model of the architecture of the main machinery involved in exocytosis. The eight proteins, each shown in a different color, are bound, forming the nanomachine or protein complex. (O. Gallego, IRB Barcelona)
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“IRB Barcelona researchers have, for the first time, observed the protein machinery inside living cells in 3D”
On the left, in vivo image of nanomachines using current microscopy techniques; on the right, the new method allows 3D observation of nanomachines in vivo and provides 25-fold improvement in resolution (O. Gallego, IRB Barcelona)
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First 3D observation of nanomachines working inside cells
Staining of mouse liver sections showing steatosis of the liver (fatty liver), with accumulation of fat, lipid droplets (in red), within cells. Cell nuclei stain blue (C. Maíllo, IRB Barcelona).
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Researchers discover a protein that protects against fatty liver
Staining of mouse liver sections showing steatosis of the liver (fatty liver), with accumulation of fat, lipid droplets (in red), within cells. Cell nuclei stain blue (C. Maíllo, IRB Barcelona).
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A protein that protects against fatty liver
CPEB4 liquid-like droplets in the cell cytoplasm (J. Guillén-Boixet, IRB Barcelona)
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Towards a better understanding of the puzzling “droplets” in the cell cytoplasm
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International experts debate the most recent breakthroughs in oncology at the CosmoCaixa
11 young scientists will learn about proteins, lab techniques and bioinformatics at IRB Barcelona
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66 youngsters from around the world start the BIYSC programme in research centres around Catalonia
Tissue sample from healthy human liver (IRBBarcelona/IDIBAPS)
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Scientists in Barcelona discover a potential treatment for cirrhosis
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The AECC awards 1.2 million euros to liver cancer research at IRB Barcelona
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Starving tumour cells–a strategy against cancer
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New strategies to cure cancer
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Raúl Méndez: "We have discovered a cancer switch"
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Which researcher deserves the IV Vanguardia Science Prize?
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Eggs in the lab
The principal investigators of the study published in Nature, Raúl Méndez (right) and Alessio Bava in the lab at IRB Barcelona. Author: Luca T. Barone. IRB Barcelona
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Researchers at IRB Barcelona discover a general mechanism that accelerates tumor development
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CPEB proteins, involved in development, could also be a key factor in cancer
Raúl Méndez is the principal investigator of the "Translational Control of Cell Cycle and Differentiation" lab
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Raúl Méndez elected EMBO member
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Researchers discover how a protein triggers tumor growth
The image on the left shows how the pancreatic tumor enters remission when CEPB4 protein expression is removed while that on the right shows that tumor tissue grows in the presence of CEPB4 through the development of new blood vessels.
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Discovery of a new reprogramming mechanism for tumor cells
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This cancer stinks
Raúl Méndez
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Raúl Méndez joins the Molecular Medicine Programme at IRB Barcelona