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    About the CNIC
    10 Dec 2020
    'AngioUnrestUHD', led by Dr. Rui Benedito, awarded ERC Consolidator funding in the ERC-2020-COG call for proposals

    AngioUnrestUHD, will develop and apply new research tools and methods to advance knowledge about the biology of blood vessels in distinct physiological and pathological contexts
    Jesús Vázquez, Almudena Ramiro, José Luis Martín Ventura, Inmaculada Martos Folgado, Cristina Lorenzo y Sonia Mur.
    Research
    2 Dec 2020
    Nature: CNIC scientists identify a new diagnostic and therapeutic target for cardiovascular disease

    Un estudio que se publica en Nature muestra a la proteína mitocondrial ALDH4A1 como un nuevo autoantígeno implicado en los procesos de la aterosclerosis
    Research
    27 Oct 2020
    Nature Cell Biology: Researchers identify a subgroup of stem cells that resists ageing and maintains muscle regeneration capacity until geriatric age

    The finding provides a basis for mitigating the loss of muscle regenerative capacity in very elderly people.
    Research
    16 Oct 2020
    Nature Reviews Endocrinology: Protein kinases could be the next target in the treatment of diseases associated with obesity

    Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) review the roles of a groups of proteins called stress kinases in metabolism in an article published in Nature Reviews Endocrinology
    Research
    29 Sep 2020
    JACC: CNIC scientists design an algorithm for personalized cardiovascular risk estimation in healthy people

    The study, published in JACC, forms part of the PESA-CNIC-SANTANDER project, led by Dr Valentín Fuster
    About the CNIC
    31 Aug 2020
    The CNIC one of the four Leading Cardiovascular Research Centers in Europe at the 2020 European Congress of Cardiology
    Research
    4 May 2020
    Cardiovascular Research: Spanish scientists discover how the flu virus injures the heart

    The study shows that the replication of flu virus particles infecting the heart blocks the transmission of cardiac electrical impulses
    Dr. Filip Swirski
    About the CNIC
    28 Feb 2020
    "Sleep has been proven to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease”

    Dr. Filip Swirski is associate professor at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (USA) and one of the leading experts on the relationship between sleep and heart disease
    De izquierda a derecha José Manuel Alfonso Almazán, Jorge García Quintanilla, Manuel Marina Breysse, José María Lillo Castellano, Julián Pérez Villacastín, David Filgueiras Rama, José Jalife y Nicasio Pérez Castellano.
    Research
    16 Dec 2019
    Europace: Personalized medicine for atrial fibrillation

    The study, published in Europace, uses signals from implantable devices—pacemakers and defibrillators—to analyze electrical signals in the heart during episodes of atrial fibrillation
    Research
    31 Oct 2019
    REANIMA: toward a new paradigm in cardiac regeneration

    Dr. Miguel Torres, of the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), leads a new project that will receive €8 million in funding over 5 years, €1,380,000 of which will be directly managed at the CNIC