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The specialized medical newspaper Diario Médico reports on results recently published by scientists at IRB Barcelona that describe the 3D structures adopted by a number of critical cell transporters. Headed by Manuel Palacín and ICREA professor José Luis Vázquez, the study has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), one of the most cited journals in biological, physical and social sciences.
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).
