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The technology section of the newspaper adn includes a brief article about new perspectives for the diagnosis of colorectal cancer. A group of scientists led by ICREA researcher Eduard Batlle, at IRB Barcelona, has recently found that stem cells provide fundamental clues as to the origin of the disease. They propose that the genetic programme expressed by a specific subgroup of tumor cells, the so-called tumor stem cells, could be used for both the diagnosis and prognosis of the disease in terms of relapse.
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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).
