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    Dra. Silvia Martín-Puig y Dr. Miguel Torres
    About the CNIC
    13 Dec 2017
    CNIC, first Spanish center to coordinate a project from the Leducq Foundation

    The project has been set up to examine how and why the capacity to develop new cardiac cells and repair the heart after an acute injury is lost with growth
    About the CNIC
    11 Dec 2017
    eLIFE - Live 3D imaging highlights cellular activity during embryonic heart development
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    About the CNIC
    14 Nov 2017
    Start-up of the 4DHeart Project

    4DHeart is a training Project that includes 12 European institutions for the training of young scientists
    From left to right. Cristina Clavería, Daniel Jimenez-Carretero, Laura Fernandez de Manuel, Covadonga Díaz-Díaz, María Montoya y Miguel Torres.
    Research
    26 Sep 2017
    Developmental Cell: A ‘social control’ system guarantees embryonic stem cell purity

    This control mechanism is important for pluripotency in the development of mammalian embryos 
    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
    A 3-dimensional magnetic resonance image form a patient who has undergone an acute myocardial infarction. The heart is visible in the center of the image. Healthy (non-infarcted) cardiac muscle is indicated by asterisks, whereas arrows point to the infarcted region. MRI can reveal the extent of the area affected by inflammation after a heart attack (the yellow infarcted region marked by arrows). Serial MRI studies reveal thta this inflammatory reaction appears immediately after the infarction but then rapid
    Research
    22 Aug 2017
    Circulation: Dogma overturned: new studies into inflammation in the infarcted heart could lead to changes in therapy

    The study overturns the dogma that infarction is followed by progressive repair of the injured myocardium.
    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
    : Prof. Miguel Torres and Prof. Nadia Mercader
    About the CNIC
    1 Mar 2017
    The CNIC coordinates an EU project to foster partnership between researchers in academia and industry

    The 4DHeart project is underpinned by a €1.5 million budget spread over 4 years
    Fotos de la Jornada celebrada con motivo del Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia en el Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC)
    About the CNIC
    24 Feb 2017
    CNIC makes a commitment to science and gender equality

    The Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation, Carmen Vela, participates in a conference held in honor of International Women and Girls in Science Day at the CNIC
    About the CNIC
    13 Feb 2017
    The Minister of Health shows her support to the campaign “Women for the Heart”

    The MAPFRE, Pro CNIC Foundations and the Spanish Heart Foundation, together with the Community of Madrid, promote this campaign, which is celebrating its second anniversary