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    Ana Botín and Valentín Fuster
    About the CNIC
    19 Dec 2024
    The PESA CNIC-Santander study consolidates itself as the most important study in the world in the diagnosis and prevention of cardiovascular diseases

    The findings of this study have been key for the development of REACT, a new research project, that will count on the collaboration of Santander Bank, and will expand the study of the age group for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, which will include 8,000 new participants.

    From left to right: D. MacGrogan, B. Flores-Garza, T. González-Costa, V. Sebastián-Serrano, J.L. de la Pompa, L. Méndez-Peralta, A. Pau-Navalón, A. Galicia-Martín, J. Santos-Cantador, C. Relaño-Ruperez, M. Siguero-Álvarez
    About the CNIC
    12 Dec 2024
    CNIC participates in an international Leducq Foundation project investigating the connection between the placenta and the heart during embryonic development

    The new project, ‘The Placenta in Maternal and Fetal Cardiovascular Health and Disease’, aims to understand how the placenta influences cardiovascular health in mothers and their children, promising improvements in the prevention and treatment of related diseases
    El Dr. Valentín Fuster recibe el Premio de la Sociedad Internacional de Aterosclerosis
    About the CNIC
    5 Dec 2024
    Valentin Fuster, wins prestigious award from the International Atherosclerosis Society

    The International Atherosclerosis Society recognizes the contributions to the understanding and treatment of atherosclerosis by the director of the National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) and president of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart
    Back row: Víctor Jiménez, Mónica Toledano, Miguel Ángel del Pozo Barriuso, María Aboy Pardal, Sara Terrés, Daniel Jiménez, Fidel Lolo. Front row: Miguel Sánchez, Mauro Catalá, Asier Echarri.
    Research
    28 Nov 2024
    CNIC scientists discover a key mechanism in fat cells that protects the body against energetic excess

    A study from the CNIC, published in Nature Communications, reveals how caveolae allow adipocytes to expand safely, storing fat without breaking or causing inflammation
    Miguel Ángel del Pozo, Jorge Alegre-Cebollada, Carla Huerta-López, Alejandro Clemente-Manteca, Diana Velázquez-Carreras, and Elías Herrero-Galán.
    Research
    15 Nov 2024
    Science Advances: A new CNIC study describes a mechanism whereby cells respond to mechanical signals from their surroundings

    A study by CNIC, published in Science Advances, offers a new approach to understanding how cells respond to mechanical signals from their environment, redefining the comprehension of the relationship between cells and their physical surroundings.
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    About the CNIC
    23 Oct 2024
    JACARDI General Assembly: More than 200 experts from 21 European countries unite to improve care for cardiovascular disease and diabetes

    The National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), and the Health Research Institute of Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), representing SERMAS, are actively participating in JACARDI through different pilot projects
    Britanny Butts
    Research
    10 Oct 2024
    Britanny Butts: "The CNIC reminds me of the NIH in the U.S."

    Dr. Britanny Butts is a professor at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing (USA).
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    About the CNIC
    7 Oct 2024
    Sammy Basso, the Longest-Living Progeria Patient, Passes Away
    María J. Andrés-Manzano, Pilar Gonzalo, Rosa M. Carmona, Cristina González-Gómez, Ana Barettino, Ignacio Benedicto, Vicente Andrés and Ana Dopazo.
    Research
    7 Oct 2024
    JCI: A new study reveals a key mechanism driving atherosclerosis in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome

    A team of scientists from the CNIC and the CSIC has identified a key mechanism in the development of atherosclerosis in patients with the rare genetic disease Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome

    David Filgueiras Rama, Julián Pérez-Villacastín, Carlos Galán-Arriola, Andrés Redondo Rodríguez, Alba Ramos Prada, Jorge García Quintanilla, Juan José González Ferrer, Alba García Escolano y Nicasio Pérez-Castellano.
    Research
    3 Oct 2024
    EUROPACE: A new image processing strategy for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging identifies culprit areas underlying complex tachycardias

    The method, validated in a multicenter study led by the Hospital Clínico San Carlos and the CNIC, enables preoperative planning based on a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging strategy that avoids the biases intrinsic to conventional image analysis