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Various media outlets have reported on the findings on Kennedy's disease of Xavier Salvatella's group, ICREA researcher and leader of the Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics. The study was published in the Biophysical Journal, part of the Cell group.
The research focused on studying a particular region of the protein Androgen Receptor, which is mutated in patients with Kennedy's disease.
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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).
