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    Rocío Sierra, Miguel Torres, Cristina Villa del Campo, Enrique Calvo, Jesús Vázquez y Consuelo Marín-Vicente.
    Research
    24 Jun 2026
    Genome Biology: A new technology helps reveal how the heart generates cells with regenerative potential

    Two CNIC teams have developed a pioneering technique to analyze proteins in individual cardiomyocytes and uncover new clues about cardiac regeneration
    Florian Weinberg
    About the CNIC
    23 Jun 2026
    CNIC Researcher Florian Weinberger Awarded ERC Advanced Grant for the project CARDIOSWITCH

    CARDIOSWITCH aims to uncover how the mechanical activity of heart muscle cells shapes cardiac biology and to develop new regenerative strategies for congenital heart disease
    Left: Hesham Sadek MD, PhD. Right: Ivan Menendez-Montes, PhD
    Research
    10 Jun 2026
    Nature: Cells Have a Secret Power Line: Scientists Discover How the Nucleus Gets Its Own Private Energy Supply
    Annalaura Mastrangelo
    About the CNIC
    25 May 2026
    Researcher Annalaura Mastrangelo receives the 2026 Young Investigator Award in the Basic Science category
    Optimal dendritic-cell-based antitumor immunotherapy with cDC1 cells requires active mitochondria. Whereas vaccination with normal cDC1 cells efficiently reduces metastasis in B16-OVA tumors, the antitumor efficacy of these cells is diminished when their mitochondria are damaged.
    Research
    22 May 2026
    Science Immunology: Mitochondria control immune cell activation and the effectiveness of immunotherapy

    A CNIC-led study identifies a mitochondrial “checkpoint” that enables dendritic cells to efficiently activate T lymphocytes against viruses and tumors
    Job Verdonschot, Maastricht University Medical Center, and the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht
    Research
    23 Apr 2026
    Job Verdonschot: "The next challenge is the full integration of genetics into cardiology training programs"

    Job Verdonschot, Maastricht University Medical Center, and the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht
    Michael Reth profesor de Inmunología Molecular en la Universidad de Friburgo
    Research
    17 Apr 2026
    Michael Reth: “People with dyslexia are specialized to explore the unknown”
    David Sancho, Ignacio Heras-Murillo y Stefanie Wculek.
    Research
    15 Apr 2026
    Mitochondria keep immune cells “ready to respond”

    Scientist at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) and the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) uncover a key metabolic mechanism governing immune cell readiness
    El Dr. David Sancho, junto a María Cid y Lola Manterola, de la Fundación Cris contra el Cáncer
    About the CNIC
    13 Apr 2026
    CNIC-led project advancing a new ant-cancer strategy selected for the CRIS Excellence Program

    TARGET-DC, CNIC initiative led by Dr. David Sancho aims to identify novel immune checkpoints in dendritic cells to advance T-cell activation.
    COMPASS
    About the CNIC
    31 Mar 2026
    CNIC participates in COMPASS, a European project promoting the early detection and personalised treatment of cardiotoxicity in cancer patients

    The initiative will combine innovative medical and digital technologies to improve the early detection of cardiac risk and complications in cancer patients and survivors