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Press conference at IRB Barcelona, presenting the #MetastasisChallenge
Institutional
IRB Barcelona calls society to action in the fight against metastasis
Salvador Aznar Benitah leads the Stem Cells and Cancer laboratory at IRB Barcelona
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Salvador Aznar Benitah: “We think that it´s a great idea to join forces with society in the fight against metastasis”
Image: Ok Diario
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Why does skin age?
Gloria Pascual, Research Associate at IRB Barcelona. Picture: Fundación Pfizer
Institutional
Gloria Pascual receives a prize for her research into the relation between fats and metastasis
Biennal Ciutat i Ciència
Outreach
IRB Barcelona to participate in the first Biennal Ciutat i Ciència event
Quo magazine cover
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The beauty conquest without limits
A invasive front of highly aggressive tumour cells (in green). Confocal microscopy image. Alexandra Avgustinova, IRB Barcelona.
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Top 10 scientific hits of 2018
A invasive front of highly aggressive tumour cells (in green). Confocal microscopy image. Alexandra Avgustinova, IRB Barcelona.
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Opening Chromatin: long-term detriment?
Alexandra Avgustinova, postdoctoral fellow at IRB Barcelona
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Some anti-tumour drugs can lead to aggressive cancer later
Image: SINC
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The origin of cancer: a magnifying glass to investigate the Big Bang tumor
Image: IRB Barcelona
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A study suggests that epigenetic therapies could lead to the appearance of aggressive tumors
A invasive front of highly aggressive tumour cells (in green). Confocal microscopy image. Alexandra Avgustinova, IRB Barcelona.
Scientific
A study suggests that epigenetic treatments could trigger the development of aggressive tumours
Salvador Aznar Benitah, head of the IRB Barcelona group "Stem Cells and Cancer". (Photo: Battista-Minocri, IRB)
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Catalan researchers discover why skin ages
Holger Heyn (CNAG-CRG), Salvador Aznar Benitah y Marion Salzer (IRB Barcelona)
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The skin ages due to the loss of cell identity
Skin of a young mouse. The image shows a cross section of the skin with the fibroblasts indicated in green. The thickness of the dermis and the density of fibroblasts is much greater in young skin than in aged skin– cell nuclei, in blue (M Salzer, IRB Bar
Scientific
Skin ages when the main cells in the dermis lose their identity and function
Salvador Aznar Benitah leads the Stem cells and cancer lab at IRB Barcelona
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"We eat too much fat and that increases the risk of cancer"
Salvador Aznar Benitah, head of the IRB Barcelona group "Stem Cells and Cancer". (Photo: Battista-Minocri, IRB)
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The science-music link
Salvador Aznar Benitah and Xavier Trepat. Image: La Vanguardia
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The music of science
Salvador Aznar Benitah, head of the Stem Cells and Cancer laboratory at IRB Barcelona
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Metastasis and its relation to the consumption of dietary fat
Image: La Marato
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New tools against cancer thanks to funding from La Marató
Salvador Aznar Benitah leads the Stem cells and cancer lab at IRB Barcelona
Institutional
Salvador Aznar Benitah elected EMBO member
Guiomar Solanas, research associate at the Stem Cells and Cancer Lab
Institutional
Three scientists from IRB Barcelona receive BIST’s "To the Mothers of Science" fellowship
Salvador Aznar Benitah, head of the IRB Barcelona group "Stem Cells and Cancer". (Photo: Battista-Minocri, IRB)
Media mentions
Causes of obesity
Salvador Aznar Benitah, head of the Stem Cells and Cancer laboratory at IRB Barcelona
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Eight Catalan science projects among the best in Europe
Salvador Aznar Benitah, head of the IRB Barcelona group "Stem Cells and Cancer". (Photo: Battista-Minocri, IRB)
Institutional
Salvador Aznar Benitah receives an ERC Advanced Grant to study the influence of diet on metastasis
Joan Massagué, director of the Sloan Kettering Institute of New York. Image: Jordi Casañas (Mahala, IRB Barcelona)
Institutional
Joan Massagué calls on society to get on board with the challenge posed by metastasis
Colon cancer stem cells, in green (G. Turon, IRB Barcelona)
Institutional
Cancer metastases slowly unveil their weaknesses
Salvador Aznar Benitah, head of the IRB Barcelona group "Stem Cells and Cancer". (Photo: Battista-Minocri, IRB)
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Salvador Aznar expects great advances in immunotherapy against cancer in 2018
Image representing the effects of the circadian clock in ageing (Author: Iris Joval Granollers)
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Wound made in the morning heal faster than those made at night
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Principio de Incertidumbre: circadian rhythms, aging and diet