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Broad international and national coverage of the study on the evolution of the genetic code published in Science Advances by Lluís Ribas, ICREA professor at IRB Barcelona. Sarah Emerson, editor of Motherboard, writes an article aimed at the general public on what caused the genetic code to stop evolving 3000 million years ago.
Read the article in Motherboard (USA)
Read the Article in Daily Mail (UK): Why did our genetic code stop evolving 3 billion years ago? Scientists solve the mystery of life's 'evolutionary limit'
Read the news piece in El Universal (Mexico)
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).
