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Catalonia’s Department of Agriculture to support the fight against cancer at its Wines and Cavas Fair

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The non-profit association “Vi per Vida” (“Wine for Life”), an initiative launched by sommelier Xavier Ayala to boost research into cancer and metastasis, will be the beneficiary of the funds raised with the “solidarity hat” at the 35th Wines and Cavas of Catalonia Fair, to be held from 19 and 24 September at the Arc de Triomf in Barcelona. Today, Jordi Bort, delegate of Prodeca and director of the Catalan Government’s INCAVI, symbolically handed over the first solidarity hat to Ayala.

See the news on the website of the Catalan Government (in Catalan)

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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).