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    Marta Amorós Pérez, Virginia Zorita, Nuria Matesanz, Marian Zuriaga y José Javier Fuster.
    About the CNIC
    23 Dec 2020
    CNIC to coordinate a European project investigating how cancer therapies promote atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease

    The project will investigate the role of clonal hematopoiesis—the formation of mutated hematopoietic stem-cell clones promoted by anti-cancer therapies—in the development of atherosclerosis and associated cardiovascular disease
    About the CNIC
    10 Dec 2020
    The 'ProtMechanics-Live' project, led by Dr. Jorge Alegre, awarded ERC Consolidator funding in the ERC-2020-COG call

    'ProtMechanics-Live' is based on unique expertise in protein mechanics and engineering, biophysics, biochemistry and cardiovascular biology and will allow to investigate protein mechanics for the first time in its functionally relevant physiological context
    Jesús Vázquez, Almudena Ramiro, José Luis Martín Ventura, Inmaculada Martos Folgado, Cristina Lorenzo y Sonia Mur.
    Research
    2 Dec 2020
    Nature: CNIC scientists identify a new diagnostic and therapeutic target for cardiovascular disease

    Un estudio que se publica en Nature muestra a la proteína mitocondrial ALDH4A1 como un nuevo autoantígeno implicado en los procesos de la aterosclerosis
    Research
    22 Oct 2020
    Cell: The unexpected repair function of neutrophils

    CNIC scientists have discovered previously unsuspected actions of the immune system that help to maintain organ health
    Research
    16 Oct 2020
    Nature Reviews Endocrinology: Protein kinases could be the next target in the treatment of diseases associated with obesity

    Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) review the roles of a groups of proteins called stress kinases in metabolism in an article published in Nature Reviews Endocrinology
    Research
    29 Sep 2020
    JACC: CNIC scientists design an algorithm for personalized cardiovascular risk estimation in healthy people

    The study, published in JACC, forms part of the PESA-CNIC-SANTANDER project, led by Dr Valentín Fuster
    Research
    16 Sep 2020
    Cell: CNIC researchers discover a cell-cleaning system that keeps hearts healthy

    The study published in Cell shows that macrophages, a type of immune cell, help cardiac cells to get rid of their waste material, and that this maintains the metabolic and contractile properties of the heart
    About the CNIC
    31 Aug 2020
    The CNIC one of the four Leading Cardiovascular Research Centers in Europe at the 2020 European Congress of Cardiology
    Research
    4 May 2020
    Cardiovascular Research: Spanish scientists discover how the flu virus injures the heart

    The study shows that the replication of flu virus particles infecting the heart blocks the transmission of cardiac electrical impulses
    En la imagen se muestra con un asterisco la presencia de una placa de aterosclerosis avanzada en la carótida común detectada por la técnica de ecografía 3D que no llega a ocasionar una obstrucción significativa de la luz del vaso (es <50%). Se puede comprobar con precisión su extensión en las 3 dimensiones del espacio lo que nos permite detectar cambios en su volumen para determinar si existe un avance de la enfermedad.
    Research
    7 Apr 2020
    JACC: Atherosclerosis progresses rapidly in healthy people from the age of 40

    A CNIC study published in JACC demonstrates that atheroma plaques extend rapidly in the arteries of asymptomatic individuals aged between 40 and 50 years participating in the PESA-CNIC-Santander study.