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    Jorge Alegre-Cebollada
    About the CNIC
    25 Sep 2025
    Jorge Alegre-Cebollada awarded the Michael and Kate Bárány Prize 2026

    Dr. Alegre-Cebollada will be recognized for the pioneering the study of protein mechanics in living systems, revealing how mechanical forces govern protein function and contribute to human disease.
    José Luis de la Pompa, Blanca Rubio, Rocío Serrano, Laura Lalaguna, Pablo García Pavía, María López Olañeta y Enrique Lara.
    Research
    10 Sep 2025
    European Heart Journal: CNIC scientists report the first use of CRISPR activation to treat a cardiac disease in mice

    The results, published in the European Heart Journal and presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress, opens the way to new therapies for patients with genetic heart diseases
    Valentín Fuster
    About the CNIC
    31 Aug 2025
    Dr. Valentín Fuster delivers the World Heart Federation's inaugural lecture at the European Cardiology Congress in Madrid

    From August 29 to September 1, Madrid hosts the European Society of Cardiology Congress (ESC Congress) and the World Heart Federation World Congress of Cardiology
    CNIC-led REBOOT clinical trial challenges 40-year-old standard of care for heart attack patients
    Research
    30 Aug 2025
    NEJM & The Lancet: CNIC-led REBOOT clinical trial challenges 40-year-old standard of care for heart attack patients

    REBOOT trial, coordinated by the CNIC, shows that treatment with beta-blockers provides no benefit to patients who experience an uncomplicated heart attack that leaves the contractile function of the heart intact.
    ESC Congress 2025
    About the CNIC
    30 Aug 2025
    EHJ: New study finds that, after a heart attack, women have worse prognosis when treated with beta-blockers

    The REBOOT study was presented during the European Society of Cardiology Congress (ESC Congress 2025) in Madrid
    David del Río-Aledo, Rubén Mota, Fátima Sánchez-Cabo, Carlos Torroja, Daniel Morales-Cano, Raúl Izquierdo-Serrano, Paula Nogales, Jesús Mateo, Leticia González-Cintado, Laura Carramolino y Ana Dopazo.
    Research
    12 Aug 2025
    Science Translational Medicine: A hospital imaging technique used in cancer care improves the monitoring and treatment of atherosclerosis

    El 18FDG-PET is a type of positron emission tomography that measures how much energy the body’s cells consume.
    La investigadora Claudia Monaco
    Research
    1 Aug 2025
    Claudia Monaco: “We think we know a lot about cardiovascular disease, but in reality, we don't”

    Dr. Claudia Monaco, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK
    Marina Rosa Moreno, Fátima Sánchez Cabo, José Luis Cabrera, José Antonio Enríquez, María Concepción Jiménez, Pablo Hernansanz Agustín Lucía Sánchez-García.
    Research
    2 Jul 2025
    Cell Genomics: CNIC scientists reveal how the cellular energy system evolved—and how this knowledge could improve the diagnosis of rare genetic diseases

    CNIC researchers have uncovered the evolutionary logic of the OxPhos system—the cell’s “engine”—and developed a tool to detect mutations that cause mitochondrial disease
    Dr. Eduardo Marbán
    Research
    18 Jun 2025
    Eduardo Marbán: "We have designed a cellular product called Deramiocel, and until now, we have had positive results in at least two clinical trials"
    De izquierda a derecha y de arriba hacia abajo: Maria Rosaria Pricolo, Natalia Vicente, Verónica Labrador, Olga Giménez, Manuel Gavilán, Jon Sicilia, Jesús Vázquez, Elías Herrero, Roberto Silva, Jorge Alegre y Diana Velázquez.
    Research
    5 Jun 2025
    Nature Biomedical Engineering: A new method for studying mechanical proteins and their involvement in muscular disorders

    This new tool will advance the development of treatments for congenital muscle diseases and cardiomyopathies.