Most individuals with autism spectrum disorder cannot be distinguished by physical traits or by severe neurological symptoms.
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13 Aug 2018
A complete understanding of the mechanism of interaction between Smad proteins (Smads)—involved in many aspects of cell development—and their main inhibitor, the protein TGIF1, paves the way for th
8 Aug 2018
During cell growth, cells copy their DNA through a process called DNA replication. For this process to be accurate, the genetic and epigenetic information must be copied flawlessly.
31 Jul 2018
Cancer cells are known to acidify their environment and, consequently, the interior of the cells themselves is alkalised.
Media mentions
20 Aug 2018
"We are far from finding a solution or cure for ASD"
LA VANGUARDIA & OTHER MEDIA
El Independiente, Catalunya Ràdio and La Vanguardia have interviewed Raúl Méndez, ICREA researcher at IRB Barcelona, to learn more about the recently published study on autism.
17 Aug 2018
Spanish scientists discover a key protein for the development of autism
RTVE & Other Media
RTVE, Ara, 20 Minutos, Daily Mail, Jornal Médico, Sic Noticias, among other national and international media, have published articles about a recent study on autism.
13 Aug 2018
"Thanks to immunotherapy, and other therapies, the treatment of cancer is becoming more successful"
La República
Immunotherapy is gaining ground in the fight against cancer. The tumour has a strategy to evade detection by the immune system, thus allowing it to spread throughout the body. Science has discovered this therapy and is working on overcoming this evasion strategy. In this regard, La República has published an interview with Eduard Batlle, head of the Colorectal Cancer Lab at IRB Barcelona.
Laura Nevola
Alumni - Research Associate
«Controlling a biological process from outside is the future of chemistry and opens up promising roads for advancements in pharmacological research.»
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Jalaj Gupta
Postdoctoral Fellow
«Our study highlights the complexity of p38 functions, both in cancer and in the maintenance of normal tissues. It shows why an inhibitor of this molecule could effectively have undesirable side effects. But these do not exclude it from being a target against cancer.»
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Lara Barrio
Postdoctoral Fellow
“From our study in Drosophila flies we can deduce that it would be particularly interesting to address vertebrates and analyse the participation of p53 in diabetes and obesity”
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Felice Alessio Bava
IRB Barcelona Alumni member
«We suspected that CPEB1, a protein involved in regulating mRNA translation in the cytoplasm, might also be active in the nucleus and play a role in controlling pre-mRNA processing. We discovered that it affects the alternative generation in the mature mRNA of the 3'-UTR, regions where most of the elements regulating translation in time and space are located.»
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Eduard Batlle
Group Leader
Group: Colorectal cancer laboratory
«We need to look at the soil, not at the seed. TGF-beta is the fertiliser that changes the earth in which the tumour seed grows.»
More info about this news here.
Laura Boulan
PhD Student
«I discovered that the bantam molecule drives the transition from larva to pupa, the phase analogous to human adolescence.»
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Meritxell Teixidó
Research Associate
«98% of the potential therapeutic molecules against diseases of the central nervous system cannot cross the blood-brain barrier. We develop peptides with the capacity to open the doors of the barrier and act as shuttles when attached to a therapeutic molecule.»
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Cancer metastases slowly unveil their weaknesses
IRB Barcelona paves the way to the use of immunotherapy to treat aggressive colon tumours and their metastasis
Understanding the adaptability of Smads
Researchers identify a protein that keeps metastatic breast cancer cells dormant
Embryonic development inspires regenerative medicine
Internal mechanism found to be responsible for the limitless growth potential of epithelial tumours
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