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The leading UK charity funding research into cancer, Worldwide Cancer Research, devotes a report to Salvador Aznar-Benitah's work on two new proteins that, when faulty, can allow cancer to develop.
Published in the journal eLife, the study reports a key role for the Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b proteins in protecting cells from cancer.
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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).
