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Local, national and international headlines have echoed the study headed by ICREA researcher Salvador Aznar Benitah, from the Stem Cells and Cancer Lab at IRB Barcelona. The first author is Gloria Pascual.
Published in Nature, the study identifies the cells responsible for initiating and promoting metastasis in several types of human tumours.
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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).
