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Researchers of IDIBAPS, the University of Barcelona and CNIC describes a new mechanism of innate immunity by which cells fight viruses and bacteria.

CNIC scientists have shown that vigorous physical exercise is linked to "noncompaction" of the heart, causing it to acquire a spongy appearance.

The results published in Nature Metabolism could be useful to design new treatments for the obese and overweight, and for some associated pathologies, including fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes

The study published in Cell shows that macrophages, a type of immune cell, help cardiac cells to get rid of their waste material, and that this maintains the metabolic and contractile properties of the heart

CNIC study shows that selection between mitochondrial genomes depends on how each type of mitochondria affects cell metabolism

The study, published in Nature, shows that sodium controls hypoxic signaling in the mitochondrial respiratory chain

CNIC scientists have designed an animal model to study the development of liver cancer caused by bile acids

Published in Science Advances, the study shows that malfunctioning of this system leads to congenital deformities