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New drug combinations to fight breast cancer

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The local newspaper “Regió 7” devotes an article to the study headed by Patrick Aloy, ICREA researcher and leader of the Structural Bioinformatics and Network Biology lab at IRB Barcelona. The study has found 10 previously untested drug combinations with potential to tackle resistance to breast cancer treatment.

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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).