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    Research
    31 Oct 2019
    REANIMA: toward a new paradigm in cardiac regeneration

    Dr. Miguel Torres, of the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), leads a new project that will receive €8 million in funding over 5 years, €1,380,000 of which will be directly managed at the CNIC
    Rocío Sierra, José María Fernández-Toro, Cristina Clavería, Raquel Justo-Méndez, José Antonio Enríquez, Ana Victoria Lechuga-Vieco y Luis Miguel Criado.
    Research
    4 Oct 2019
    Cell Metabolism: CNIC scientists discover a new mechanism for the transfer of maternal genetic material

    CNIC researchers have defined the dynamics of  the transfer of mitochondrial DNA from mothers to their offspring
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    18 Sep 2019
    A CNIC researcher awarded two projects of the European Diabetes Society

    Dra. Ivana Nikolić studies the role of T cells in the development of diseases associated with obesity
    Atrial electroanatomic map of a pig with persistent AFib. The regions colored magenta, purple, and dark blue have high mean FM values. These regions maintain the AFib, and their ablation with a catheter stops the arrhythmia. The squares represent the sites of rotational activity, which are sensitive but not specific to the regions that maintain the fibrillation.
    Research
    12 Sep 2019
    Circulation Research: A new method to improve treatment of atrial fibrillation

    The new study was conducted by investigators at the CNIC, the Hospital Clínico San Carlos in Madrid, and the CiberCV research network and is featured on the cover of the latest edition of the journal Circulation Research

    From left to right: Marta Román, Fernando Domínguez, Laura Padrón-Barthe, Pablo Garcia-Pavia, Giovanna Giovinazzo, Enrique Lara-Pezzi, Demetrio J. Santiago, Javier Larrasa-Alonso
    Research
    5 Sep 2019
    Circulation: Possible treatment breakthrough for the rare disease arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy type 5

    Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) and Puerta de Hierro hospital in Majadahonda have found a possible treatment for this disease
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    9 Jul 2019
    JACC: The CNIC is the coordinator of an international consensus document on the use of magnetic resonance imaging after a heart attack
    About the CNIC
    12 Jun 2019
    Dr. Miguel Torres elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

    EMBO promotes excellence in scientific research, and one of its major goals is to support talented researchers at all stages of their careers
    About the CNIC
    6 May 2019
    Nature Communications: A newly identified mechanism can be targeted to boost angiogenesis

    Image: In the picture, individual endothelial cells have different fluorescent barcodes and mitogenic stimulations, allowing the non-invasive fate-mapping of their proliferative and migratory behaviours over time.
    Luis Leiva-Vega, Juan Antonio Bernal, Marta Roche-Molina, Ayelén M. Santamans, Valle Montalvo-Romeral, Aránzazu Pintor-Chocano, Rafael Romero-Becerra, Ainoa Caballero, Alfonso Mora, Guadalupe Sabio, Antonia Tomás-Loba, Marta León, Elena Rodríguez, Juan Antonio López, Jesús Vázquez.
    Research
    11 Apr 2019
    Nature: The protein p38gamma identified as a new therapeutic target in liver cancer

    CNIC scientists have shown for the first time that a protein related to cell stress also regulates cell division
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    3 Apr 2019
    Adiponectin, the hormone that protects women against liver cancer
    • Adiponectin, secreted by adipose tissue, protects against the development of the main form of liver cancer
    • Women produce the hormone in larger quantities than men, and adiponectin release also declines in people with obesity
    • The results open the route to combating a cancer for which there is currently no treatment and that is the fourth cause of death in the world.