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Various media, including the Spanish TV channel RTVE, have echoed the research performed by scientists at the Institute of Biomedicine of the UB (IBUB) on a new technique that measures the production and use of energy in brown adipose tissue, a key aspect in the development of obesity.
Published in the journal 'Advanced Science', this work involved the collaboration of Antonio Zorzano, group leader of the Complex Metabolic Diseases and Mitochondria Laboratory at IRB Barcelona, and David Sebastián, research associate in the same lab.
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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).
