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    Nuria Matesanz, Guadalupe Sabio, Elena Rodríguez, José Antonio Enríquez Ana Victoria Lechuga-Vieco, Maria Crespo-Ruiz, Luis Leiva-Vega y Alfonso Mora (centro).
    Research
    11 Oct 2017
    Nature Communications: A specific protein regulates the burning of body fat to generate heat

    The study published in Nature Communications, shows that the elimination of this protein from obese mice blocks any further increase in obesity and reduces body weight
    From left to right. Vicente Andres, Director of Basic Research of the CNIC; Mr. Makoto Suematsu, the President of the Japanese Agency for Research and Medical Development (AMED); Borja Ibáñez, Director of Clinical Research at the CNIC; Mr. Masahiko Noda, Managing Director of the Foreign Affairs Department, Alberto Sanz, Managing Director of the CNIC, and the First Secretary - Aggregate of Science and Technology – of the Japanese Embassy in Spain, Mr. Masahiro Aoki
    About the CNIC
    13 Sep 2017
    The Japanese Agency for Research and Medical Development at the CNIC

    The Japanese Agency for Research and Medical Development (AMED) is an institution dedicated to improving medicine through research and development in Japan
    Research
    15 Aug 2017
    Nature Immunology: Clustering for health
    The CNIC research team. From left to right: Andrés Hidalgo, David Sancho, Sarai Martínez-Cano, Salvador Iborra, Elena Priego, Michel Enamorado, and Juan Antonio Quintana.
    Research
    17 Jul 2017
    `'Nature Comunications': Scientists Find the Key to Improved Cancer Immunotherapy

    The study, published in Nature Communications, demonstrates that tissue-resident and circulating memory T cells cooperate in anti-tumor immunity
    About the CNIC
    27 Jun 2017
    Eduardo Oliver, awarded the Young Researcher Award of the Spanish Society of Pharmacology

    The Young Researcher Award of the Spanish Society of Pharmacology (SEF) is awarded to members of the SEF under 35 years of age with the best scientific career
    About the CNIC
    30 Apr 2017
    Nature Medicine: An immune cell subtype plays an ‘unexpected’ role in protecting against atherosclerosis
    Noelia Alonso-González, Juan Antonio Quintana y Andrés Hidalgo.
    Research
    24 Apr 2017
    'Journal of Experimental Medicine': Cell “canibalism” educates our defenses

    CNIC scientists show that when macrophages ingest these expired cells they acquire protective properties
    Gonzalo Pizarro, David Sanz-Rosa, Borja Ibáñez, Jaime García-Prieto, Mónica Gómez, Rocío Villena, and Andrés Hidalgo.
    Research
    18 Apr 2017
    'Nature Communications': CNIC scientists discover how a decades-old drug reduces the size of a heart attack

    The beta-blocker metoprolol can limit cardiac damage in patients having a heart attack
    Research
    10 Jan 2017
    Nature Medicine: Inhibition of a specific protein prevents and reverses aortic aneurysm in models of Marfan syndrome and similar diseases

    The findings, published in Nature Medicine, suggest a major potential for NOS2 inhibitors in the treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysa
    (From left to right) Doctors Carolina Villarroya-Beltrí, Francisco Sánchez-Madrid and Francesc Baixauli, and Doctoral students Irene Fernández-Delgado and Daniel Torralba
    Research
    25 Nov 2016
    Nature Communications: Discover a key signal in intercellular communication

    The study describes a cell signal that controls intercellular communication and could play a central role in biomedical strategies such as gene therapy, vaccine design, and immunotherapy