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On Monday, the weekly medical newspaper “Gaceta Médica” reported on the study published in the journal Nature Genetics by the Colorectal Cancer Laboratory at IRB Barcelona, led by ICREA researcher Eduard Batlle. This study associates the alterations caused by colon tumour cells in healthy cells in surrounding tissues, called stroma, with the probability of developing subsequent metastasis.
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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).
