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Two IBEC projects, which aim to use innovative techniques to decipher the mechanisms that promote metastasis in colorectal cancer, have been selected to receive funding\u00a0from the third edition of the \u201cHealth Research Call\u201d from the \u201cLa Caixa\u201d Foundation.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0PROMISE\u00a0project, led by Elena Mart\u00ednez, group leader at IBEC and Professor at the University of Barcelona, aims to develop a novel platform that will mimic the tumor vascular microenvironment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer in order to help doctors to find the best therapeutic approach and help monitoring the course of the disease. This innovative platform will merge state-of-the-art techniques such as bioprinting, biomaterials and microfluidics, to create a device that will recreate the tumor environment from cancer cells derived from patients themselves, providing relevant information on the underlying mechanisms of metastasis. To achieve its objectives, Elena Mart\u00ednez\u2019s team at IBEC will have the collaboration of the International Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) and the Vall Hebr\u00f3n Oncology Research Institute (VHIO).<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the\u00a0Mech4Cancer project, led by researchers Xavier Trepat and Pere Roca-Cusachs, will seek to develop sensors that help visualize how forces affect cells and promote the progression of colorectal cancer. More information at IBEC’s website [+]<\/a><\/p>\n

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Another of the projects chosen in this \u201cla Caixa\u201d call is that of the IRB Barcelona researcher Manuel Palac\u00edn, who aims to find treatments for schizophrenia and stroke. This initiative investigates the atomic structure of a key amino acid transporter protein to regulate these glutamate receptors, with the goal of designing new compounds targeting this transporter to activate neurotransmitter receptors, in the case of schizophrenia, or to inhibit them, in the one of other pathologies, like the stroke.<\/div>\n
More information at IRB Barcelona’s website [+]<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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