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About the CNIC
3 Feb 2026

The CNIC is opening a public call for entries for visual works, until 15 February, aimed at artists who wish to participate with works in disciplines such as photography, painting, sculpture and mixed media

Equipo del CNIC
Research
2 Feb 2026

A team from the CNIC and Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid has developed a minimally invasive, catheter-based procedure to treat defective mechanical aortic valves

Dra. Ellie Tzima
From left to right: Miguel Sánchez Álvarez, Miguel Ángel del Pozo, David Sancho, Ignacio Heras Murillo, Gillian Dunphy, Aitor Jarit Cabanillas, Elena Moya Ruiz, Irene Adán Barrientos
Research
28 Jan 2026

study published in Immunity reveals that type I interferons (IFN‑I) help resolve inflammation by inducing changes in macrophage mitochondria

Jorge Alegre and Travis Hinson
Research
14 Jan 2026

A CNIC research team has identified for the first time the biological mechanism underlying this susceptibility: high blood pressure creates a hidden metabolic vulnerability in the heart that becomes destabilized when anthracyclines are administered.

Protection against blood vessel occlusion in animals with sickle cell anemia after treatment with circadian clock inhibitors. Vessel walls are shown as white lines, neutrophils in yellow, and red blood cells trapped by neutrophils in red.
Research
12 Dec 2025

A CNIC study reveals that neutrophils—a type of immune cell—are less aggressive at night, explaining why nighttime heart attacks are less severe than those occurring during the day

Neutrophils (red) accumulate in the alveoli of a flu-infected lung
Research
2 Dec 2025

An international team has published NeuMap, the first atlas to reveal the global architecture of neutrophils, showing how this “first line of defense” reorganizes to protect, remember, and heal.

Dos proyectos del CNIC seleccionados en la convocatoria Investigación en Salud 2025 de la Fundación ”la Caixa”
About the CNIC
20 Nov 2025

In this latest round, the la Caixa Foundation Health Research Call has selected 34 new cutting-edge biomedical research projects

Edgar Gomes