IRB Barcelona launches "Cancer Detective", an interactive online simulation to bring personalized medicine to schools and the public

24.9.2026 - Nahia Barberia | IRB Barcelona

Developed by the Barcelona Biomedical Genomics Lab (BBGLab) at IRB Barcelona, Cancer Detective is an open-access web platform designed to engage secondary school students and interested members of the general public in precision oncology and computational biology.

The Barcelona Biomedical Genomics Lab (BBGLab), led by Dr. Núria López-Bigas at IRB Barcelona, has launched Cancer Detective, an educational simulation platform available in three languages (Catalan, English and Spanish) that brings the concepts of cancer genomics and personalized medicine to secondary school classrooms and the general public.


https://www.irbbarcelona.org/en/news/institutional/irb-barcelona-launches-cancer-detective-interactive-online-simulation-bring