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    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.
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    5 Jun 2025
    Nature Biomedical Engineering: A new method for studying mechanical proteins and their involvement in muscular disorders

    This new tool will advance the development of treatments for congenital muscle diseases and cardiomyopathies. 
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    28 Apr 2020
    Nature Communications: CNIC scientists design an experimental mouse model for investigating the mechanical function of proteins in vivo

    CNIC scientists, working with international partners, have developed a new experimental mouse model that allows them to study how cells sense, interpret, and generate mechanical forces
    Dr. Alegre-Cebollada (center), Prof. Julio Fernández (left), and study author Carmen Badilla (right).
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    12 Jan 2018
    Nature Communications: Scientists identify a key mechanism regulating a protein required for muscle and heart function

    Scientists at the CNIC and Columbia University have identified a new mechanism regulating the elasticity of titin, a protein with important roles in the function of skeletal and heart muscle