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During the institutional act of the Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (Spanish Association against Cancer)(AECC) in which financial support was presented to research projects focused on cancer, including an IRB Barcelona research project, the president of this association stressed that research has brought about a 1% decrease in cancer mortality rates yearly.
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).
