The relationship between stem cells and the recurrence of colon cancer has been confirmed in a study by researchers at Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Barcelona, published in the journal Cell Stem Cell. Its authors propose genetic tests of the epithelium of the intestine to predict which patients are at increased risk of having cancer return

STAFF | MARCH 18TH, 2011

Researchers at Barcelona’s Institute for Biomedical Research have, for the first time, sequenced the three-dimensional structure of a carrier protein, a variant of Adic ( N101A), which plays a key role in cellular transport. This knowledge promises to help advance the treatment of various diseases

STAFF | February 24th, 2011

Scientists at Barcelona’s Institute for Biomedical Research and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center have identified 200 new interactions between proteins that could be linked to Alzheimer's. The new found molecular and functional data could help improve future treatments

STAFF | DECEMBER 17th, 2010

Scientists from the Institute of Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) have identified a new function of the Notch protein, opposite to the one already known. Such protein is located in the membranes of cells and triggers a cascade of signals that regulate the expression of genes that makes the cell divide, grow, migrate, specialize, or die. Now, researchers have discovered that the protein is also required to inactivate the signalling pathway. The work was published in the journal 'Current Biology'.

Staff |12 March 2010