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Raúl Méndez: "Our modified virus only destroys cancer cells"

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The Science Blog Adelantos Digital interviews ICREA researcher Raúl Méndez, head of the Translational Control of Cell Cycle and Differentiation Lab at IRB Barcelona, about his study published in the journal Nature Communications, in collaboration with Cristina Fillat from IDIBAPS Biomedical Research Institute.

Raúl Méndez talks about an innovative approach that exploits the different expression profiles of certain proteins in tumor and healthy cells, thus allowing the virus to infect only the former.

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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).