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"Genomics will revolutionize the fight against cancer"

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Report on a talk given by Eduard Batlle, head of the Colorectal Cancer Lab, in a conference series organised by El Periódico, in which he related the current state of cancer research. Batlle is confident that in the not so distant future the breakthroughs in the field will markedly increase the survival of patients with cancer, as he has already expounded in recent years.

Read the report here (in Catalan)

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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).