Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)

Scientists discover key process that allows colon cancer to metastasize

A team of 17 researchers, led by scientists Eduard Batlle and Elena Sancho in the Colorectal Cancer Laboratory at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), have determined that the ability ...

Cancer created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Team finds general mechanism that accelerates tumor development

ICREA professor Raúl Méndez publishes a study in Nature describing how the CPBE1 protein "takes the brakes off" the production of proteins associated with the cell switch from being healthy to tumorous. ...

Cancer created Feb 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers create a fly to study how a normal cell turns cancerous

Scientists at IRB Barcelona present a model to demonstrate the correlation between genomic instability and cancer.

Cancer created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast