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"El Periódico de Catalunya" devotes an article to the development of a diagnostic kit for colon cancer metastasis, headed by Eduard Batlle and Elena Sancho, both at IRB Barcelona. Called Colostage, the project has been awarded funding amounting to 500, 000 euros from the Botín Foundation, through the Mind the Gap Programme.
Read the article in El Períodico de Catalunya (PDF in Spanish, in Catalan)
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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).
