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Globally, cardiovascular diseases due to atherosclerosis – the build-up of plaque in arteries – are the leading cause of death. A new Danish-Spanish research collaboration aims to develop methods to detect atherosclerosis at earlier ages and encourage prevention. Denmark’s Novo Nordisk ...

The CNIC project will use innovative approaches to investigate cardiac regeneration. The REACTIVA project, directed by Dr. Miguel Torres at the CNIC, has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant to fund innovative approaches to the investigation of cardiac regeneration. The award provides ...

The ImnovAth project, led by Dr. David Sancho, head of the Immunobiology Laboratory at the CNIC, has been selected by the European Research Council (ERC) for its Proof of Concept grants, receiving funding of €150,000. ImnovAth will investigate an alternative therapy for ...

The Visiting Researchers programme began in 2008 and enjoys great recognition in the area of scientific research thanks to the work undertaken by the Fundación Occident and the support offered by institutions and organizations to enable progress in the programmes being worked on ...

The researcher Beatrice Olatundun Oluwatayo, with a PhD from the University of Benin, and a master’s in human physiology from the University of Jos, Nigeria, is the first female scientist from Africa to receive a grant from the Women for ...

A team of Spanish scientists has identified the cause of aortic aneurysm in patients diagnosed with Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder currently lacking treatment options. The study, published in the journal EMBO Molecular ...