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    Imágenes de mapeado óptico de dos corazones distintos de ratones que desarrollaron fibrilación ventricular.
    Research
    27 Nov 2023
    Nature Cardiovascular Research: Spanish scientists discover a promising therapeutic target for cardiac arrhythmias
    Representative results from participants showing atherosclerosis progression (left) and regression (disappearance of plaques, right) in arteries of the neck (carotids) and groin (femorals). Each image pair shows the results of the initial study at baseline and the follow-up study of the same artery 6 years later. The images show representative vascular ultrasound images on the right and 3-dimensional reconstructions on the left.
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    20 Nov 2023
    JACC: Younger people are more vulnerable to the effects of cardiovascular risk associated with high blood cholesterol and hypertension

    Atherosclerosis, previously believed to be an irreversible progressive disease, can be reversed if risk factors are contolled early enough
    About the CNIC
    20 Nov 2023
    10 PhD positions - La Caixa foundation Incoming INPhINIT 2023 Doctoral Fellowships call
    About the CNIC
    17 Nov 2023
    Dr. Francisco Sánchez-Madrid awarded the 2023 Robert Koch Prize

    This work is of fundamental importance for understanding the immune system and its reactions
    Neuregulin-1 induces changes in actin filaments during ventricular maturation. Actinin staining of a mouse embryo heart reveals a striated actin pattern corresponding to mature trabecular sarcomeres (green). The magnified view shows the differences in luminosity that distinguish the more organized actin filaments of the trabecular myocardium from the less organized compact layer
    Research
    10 Nov 2023
    CIRCULATION RESEARCH: CNIC scientists identify the crucial role of the protein neuregulin-1 in heart development

    Neuregulin-1 (Nrg1) plays an essential role in the transformation of the heart from its delicate primordial structure into the powerful beating mature organ 

    Generación de células dendríticas post-sinápticas. La imagen muestra los contactos intercelulares entre las células dendríticas y los linfocitos T. Células Dendríticas (verde) y los linfocitos T (azul y rosa)
    Research
    26 Oct 2023
    Nature Communications: Spanish scientists identify changes in dendritic cells during the immune response with promising implications for vaccine design

    Scientists at the CNIC and Hospital de la Princesa-UAM have identified profound changes taking place in dendritic cells during antigen presentation to a lymphocyte via intimate contact called an immune synapse
    De izquierda a derecha: Cristina Sanchez-Ramos, Nieves Garcia-Quintans, David Morera, Mariya Lytvyn, Juan A Bernal, Mª Ángeles Sanguino, Daniel Martín Perez, Fernando de Benito, David Sanz y Emilio Camafeita
    Research
    23 Oct 2023
    Nature Communications: Spanish scientists discover a possible treatment for a heart condition that causes an estimated 20% of sudden deaths among athletes

    This disease, which can trigger sudden death in elite athletes, is caused by genetic mutations that affect proteins responsible for connecting and coordinating the muscle cells (myocytes) in the myocardium the heart’s muscular wall
    Research
    2 Oct 2023
    Diabetes Care: Obesity, high blood pressure, and lipid imbalance trigger a progressive loss of energy generation capacity in the heart

    Scientists at the CNIC have discovered that metabolic cardiovascular risk factors diminish the capacity of the heart to use glucose as an energy source
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    24 Sep 2023
    CURE HEART & BRAIN (COFUND): Postdoctoral positions for excellent researchers
    The image represent glucose uptake in the brain measured by positron emission tomography in middle-aged individuals with low (top) or high (bottom) sustained cardiovascular risk over 5 years. The colors represent cerebral glucose consumption, with red indicating higher consumption and blue lower consumption
    Research
    31 Aug 2023
    The Lancet Healthy Longevity: Early action to control cardiovascular risk factors preserves brain metabolism

    A study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity shows that brain metabolism, detected with advanced imaging techniques, declines more sharply in middle-aged people with a sustained high cardiovascular risk over 5 years