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14 Jan 2026

European Heart Journal: Study reveals how high blood pressure increases susceptibility to heart damage caused by a key cancer treatment

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

JEM: Neutrophils are less aggressive at night, explaining why nighttime heart attacks cause less damage than daytime events

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

Nature: NeuMap, a pioneering map of neutrophils that redefines their role in health, infection, and inflammation

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.