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María Sofía Sánchez Muñoz, Rui Benedito, Irene García González, Susana da Conceição Ferreira da Rocha y Aroa García Cabero.
Research
4 Nov 2026

A study involving CNIC researchers shows that blood vessels can grow in the absence of VEGF-VEGFR2 signalling, one of the pathways most commonly targeted for therapeutic purposes in clinical practice.

Dr. Pablo García-Pavía,
About the CNIC
4 Sep 2026

The research demonstrates the benefit of a new gene silencer for treating the disease

Diana Velázquez, Natalia Vicente, Jon Sicilia, María Rosaria Pricolo, Laura Sen, Jorge Alegre y Agata Bak.
Research
7 Jul 2026

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common inherited heart disease and the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young people and athletes

Left: Hesham Sadek MD, PhD. Right: Ivan Menendez-Montes, PhD
Faseeha Ayaz
Research
30 Apr 2026

Faseeha Ayaz, senior Editor Nature Communications, Springer Nature

Raquel Martínez de Meno, Rebeca Acín Pérez, José Antonio Enríquez, Sara Jaroszewicz y Rebeca Sanz-Cortés.
Research
16 Feb 2026

A new CNIC-led study shows that a genetic tool derived from baker’s yeast enables human cells to manufacture the building blocks of DNA even when their mitochondria fail.

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.

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Research
16 Jul 2025

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

De izquierda a derecha y de arriba hacia abajo: Maria Rosaria Pricolo, Natalia Vicente, Verónica Labrador, Olga Giménez, Manuel Gavilán, Jon Sicilia, Jesús Vázquez, Elías Herrero, Roberto Silva, Jorge Alegre y Diana Velázquez.
Research
5 Jun 2025

This new tool will advance the development of treatments for congenital muscle diseases and cardiomyopathies.