15/10/2014 The town of Sant Mateu collaborates in the research against colorectal cancer 15/10/2014 The party committee of the town located in the Baix Maestrat, raised more than 4,300 euros with a musical The Mamma Mia musical, played in "http://www.santmateu.com/" Sant Mateu by an amateur company from Vinaròs, beat the expectations of the organizers, who counted nearly 2,000 visitors. It is in fact a high number of people, taking into account that this town located in the Maestrat has more or less the same number of inhabitants. The tickets were free, but instead, the party committee asked for donations to support the research in colorectal cancer carried out at the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR). They raised more than 4.300 euros that will fund the research of the "http://www.vhir.org/larecerca/grupsrecerca/ca_grups_equip.asp?Idioma=en&mv1=2&mv2=1&mh1=2&mh2=1&mh3=1&mh4=0&ms=0&area=13&grup=2&menu=3" Molecular Oncology group at CIBBIM, led by Dr. Diego Arango.Dr. Arango received in his lab the members of the party committee, in order to thank them for the initiative and to tell them the research that he leads at VHIR. His group works in two main research lines: one focused in the biology of the disease with the objective to personalize treatments, and the other one aims to identify biomarkers to improve the survival of colorectal cancer patients. Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Whatsapp