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The report is authored by Juan Botas, Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. The conference was organised by Cayetano González and Marco Milán, ICREA research professors at IRB Barcelona, and brought together twenty-eight top researchers, and more than 200 participants, to discuss their perspectives on how the fruit fly is proving useful for studies on cancer, diabetes, neurological disorders, drug addiction, aging, and immunity.
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Drosophila researchers focus on human disease.
Botas J. (2007)Nat Genet, 37:589-591
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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).
