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Several media have echoed the research co-chaired by Marc Claret, at the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute – IDIBAPS, and Antonio Zorzano, group leader of the Complex Metabolic Diseases and Mitochondria Laboratory at IRB Barcelona. The study reveals the connection between POMC neurons at the hypothalamus and insulin release by the pancreas and describes new molecular mechanisms involved in this process.
Published in Cell Metabolism, this study contributes to a greater understanding of diabetes.
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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).
