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    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
    Alfonso Mora, María Elena Rodríguez Andrés, Guadalupe Sabio, Alejandro Rosell, Cintia Folgueira and Luis Leiva-Vega.
    Research
    30 Jun 2020
    PNAS: Scientists discover a new mechanism controlling liver cancer development

    CNIC scientists have designed an animal model to study the development of liver cancer caused by bile acids
    Research
    4 Jun 2020
    Science Advances: CNIC scientists discover a system essential for limb formation during embryonic development

    Published in Science Advances, the study shows that malfunctioning of this system leads to congenital deformities
    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
    Experimental design of the study and summary of the results obtained
    Research
    21 Apr 2020
    JACC: Spanish scientists identify a biomarker that detects atherosclerosis before the appearance of symptoms

    The study, published today in JACC, shows that activation of the complement system is one of the most characteristic molecular changes taking place in the early stages of the development of atherosclerotic plaques
    Dr. Filip Swirski
    About the CNIC
    28 Feb 2020
    "Sleep has been proven to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease”

    Dr. Filip Swirski is associate professor at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (USA) and one of the leading experts on the relationship between sleep and heart disease
    About the CNIC
    29 Jan 2020
    CNIC is one of 4 finalists competing for €35m funding from the British Heart Foundation

    Dr. Valentín Fuster’s group will contribute to the iMAP project through the PESA-CNIC-Santander study
    Se muestra el corazón y tejidos anejos con la visualización de los vasos linfáticos y las células descendientes del segundo campo cardíaco en rojo.
    Research
    10 Jan 2020
    Development Cell: An international study discovers a new origin of lymphatic vessels in the heart

    The international team led by CNIC researchers Drs Miguel Torres and Ghislaine Lioux found that the cardiac lymphatic vasculature does not have a single origin, but is instead formed by cells originating in a variety of tissues

    De izquierda a derecha José Manuel Alfonso Almazán, Jorge García Quintanilla, Manuel Marina Breysse, José María Lillo Castellano, Julián Pérez Villacastín, David Filgueiras Rama, José Jalife y Nicasio Pérez Castellano.
    Research
    16 Dec 2019
    Europace: Personalized medicine for atrial fibrillation

    The study, published in Europace, uses signals from implantable devices—pacemakers and defibrillators—to analyze electrical signals in the heart during episodes of atrial fibrillation
    About the CNIC
    30 Oct 2019
    Dr. José Javier Fuster receives a Leonardo Scholarship 2019

    The project aims to study how certain mutations acquired in blood cells and traditionally associated with a high risk of developing leukemia can also contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease and become a new and independent cardiovascular risk factor to classical factors