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“La Vanguardia” newspaper publishes an interview with Eduard Batlle, ICREA researcher and group leader of the Colorectal Cancer Laboratory at IRB Barcelona, about the article that has led to his nomination for the 2014 “Vanguardia de la Ciencia” Award. Batlle explains how his lab has found that colon has a natural defence mechanism against cancer, a protein called BMP, and the research lines that have emerged from this discovery.
Read the interview in “La Vanguardia” newspaper (in Spanish)
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).
