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The science portal, Materia, dedicates a report in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the discovery of DNA by Watson and Crick published in the science journal Nature. The journalist goes over scientific advances in the field of genetics and the future challenges with a series of experts, among these IRB Barcelona scientists and CSIC professor Ferran Azorín.
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).
