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    Joseph Hill
    Research
    31 May 2025
    Joseph Hill: "There are new obesity drugs, very famous ones, and they work quite well, but they’re not risk-free"

    Dr. Joseph Hill holds the James T. Willerson, M.D., Chair in Cardiovascular Disease and the Frank M. Ryburn Jr. Chair in Cardiac Research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Jianyi «Jay» Zhang
    Research
    14 May 2025
    Jianyi «Jay» Zhang: "This conference comes at a critical moment in medical science"

    Jianyi «Jay» Zhang,  Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), at University of Alabama -Birmingham (UAB).
    About the CNIC
    18 Nov 2024
    CNIC at Science Week 2024
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    About the CNIC
    2 Oct 2024
    European Researchers’ Night 2024 at CNIC
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    About the CNIC
    6 Sep 2024
    CNIC receives the Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence Award from the Ministry of Science and Innovation, granted in 2021
    Dr. García Pavía
    Research
    21 May 2023
    NEJM: A Spanish team presents the first pharmacological treatment able to improve cardiac function in stiff-heart syndrome

    The team led by Dr. Pablo García-Pavía, based at the CNIC and Hospital Puerta de Hierro, has published the first study of a drug able to remove amyloid deposits from the heart

    Transverse heart sections from wild type mice (WT) and transgenic mice overexpressing beta-3 adrenergic receptor in cardiomyocytes (c-h3tg) after 3 months of aortic stenosis (transaortic constriction, TAC) or control (sham). Hypertrophy after TAC was less severe in the transgenic mice
    Research
    29 Nov 2022
    Basic Research in Cardiology: A new therapeutic target for the prevention of heart failure due to aortic stenosis

    The experimental study, led by researchers at the CNIC, shows that boosting the expression of this adrenalin receptor in heart cells improves mitochondrial function in the heart
    About the CNIC
    19 Jul 2021
    CNIC awarded Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence accreditation

    The Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence accreditation awards one million euros funding per year over four years
    Mª Ángeles Zuriaga, Mirian Díez, Fátima Sánchez-Cabo, Ana Dopazo, José Javier Fuster, Ana Quintas y Jorge de la Barrera.
    Research
    5 Apr 2021
    JACC: CNIC scientists identify mutations acquired by blood cells that accelerate heart failure progression

    The study, carried out at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) and the Hospital Universitario Virgen de Arrixaca in Murcia, establishes clonal hematopoiesis as a new cardiovascular risk factor and an important link between aging and cardiovascular disease
    De izda. a dcha.: José Antonio Enriquez, María del Mar Muñoz, Fátima Sánchez-Cabo, Luis Jesús Jiménez-Borreguero, Rocío Nieto-Arellano, Andrés González-Guerra, Carlos Torroja, José María Castellanos, y Concepción Jiménez.
    Research
    3 Apr 2018
    Science Translational Medicine: CNIC scientists identify a promising target for the treatment of heart failure

    The study is published in Science Translational Medicine and was conducted by researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC)