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Ignasi Fita, head of the Structural Biology of Macromolecular Aggregates laboratory at IRB Barcelona has recently published an article on the journal Investigación y Ciencia which is the spanish edition of Scientific American. The topics the article covers are the common cold viruses, its life cicle and the latest progresses in finding drugs to fight it.

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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).