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A new study led by the CNIC has identified imidazole propionate (ImP), a metabolite produced by gut bacteria, as a driver of atherosclerosis— as a driver of atherosclerosis, the disease behind most heart attacks and strokes

The projects—led by Drs Almudena Ramiro, José Antonio Enríquez, and Silvia Priori—will receive a total of €5.25 million for CNIC research over the next 5 years

Dr. Joseph Hill holds the James T. Willerson, M.D., Chair in Cardiovascular Disease and the Frank M. Ryburn Jr. Chair in Cardiac Research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Mariell Jessup is Chief Science and Medical Officer of the American Heart Association

Dr. Benjamin L. Prosser is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Jonathan Kipnis is a Principal Investigator and the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University

Dr. Giuseppe Danilo Norata is a Full Professor of Pharmacology at the Department of Excellence of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan

The new project, ‘The Placenta in Maternal and Fetal Cardiovascular Health and Disease’, aims to understand how the placenta influences cardiovascular health in mothers and their children, promising improvements in the prevention and treatment of related diseases