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Local newspaper “El Punt Avui” and other media have echoed on the investiture of Joan Massagué, director of the Sloan Kettering Institute in New York, as Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universitat Ramon Llull (URL).
Co-founder of IRB Barcelona and president of its External Advisory Board, Joan Massagué is internationally recognised for his contributions to the study of tumour cell migration to other organs, a process known as metastasis.
During the award ceremony, Joan Massagué stressed the importance of focusing research on preventing metastasis, because "it is the most lethal complication of cancer," causing 90% of the deaths by cancer in patients with solid tumours.
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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).
