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The magazines "GEN" & "Front Line Genomics" have echoed on the study performed by IRB Barcelona group leader Fran Supek and Ben Lehner at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona.
Published in the journal Cell, the study identifies one of the key mechanisms responsible for mutations caused by a defective DNA ‘spellchecker’—a process that repairs damage in our genomes.
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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).
