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    Protection against blood vessel occlusion in animals with sickle cell anemia after treatment with circadian clock inhibitors. Vessel walls are shown as white lines, neutrophils in yellow, and red blood cells trapped by neutrophils in red.
    Research
    12 Dec 2025
    JEM: Neutrophils are less aggressive at night, explaining why nighttime heart attacks cause less damage than daytime events

    A CNIC study reveals that neutrophils—a type of immune cell—are less aggressive at night, explaining why nighttime heart attacks are less severe than those occurring during the day
    Neutrophils (red) accumulate in the alveoli of a flu-infected lung
    Research
    2 Dec 2025
    Nature: NeuMap, a pioneering map of neutrophils that redefines their role in health, infection, and inflammation

    An international team has published NeuMap, the first atlas to reveal the global architecture of neutrophils, showing how this “first line of defense” reorganizes to protect, remember, and heal.
    3D reconstruction of the collagen ring (in orange) produced by neutrophils, which forms around wounds in the skin.
    Research
    19 Mar 2025
    Nature: CNIC scientists discover a type of immune cell that produces defensive "shields" in the skin

    The discovery, published in Nature, opens the path to new strategies for treating skin diseases and immunological disorders, with special potential for the treatment of inflammation, diabetes, and age-related conditions
    Andrés Hidalgo
    About the CNIC
    6 Jul 2022
    Dr. Andrés Hidalgo elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

    Through this lifelong honour, new EMBO Members and Associate Members are recognized for their outstanding achievements in the life sciences
    Miguel Palomino Segura, Georgiana Crainiciuc, Jon Sicilia y Andrés Hidalgo
    Research
    5 Jan 2022
    Nature: CNIC scientists discover a cell behavior pattern that predicts cardiovascular disease

    Scientists at the CNIC have developed a simple model for studying the behavior of immune cells in live animals and have identified a harmful cell behavior pattern associated with cardiovascular disease
    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
    Andrés Hidalgo, Jose María Adrover y Alejandra Aroca
    Research
    14 Jan 2020
    Nature Immunology: Neutrophils are equipped with a 'disarmament' program that prevents the immune system going 'out of control'

    The newly identified immune control system is located within one of the most important cell types of the immune system, the neutrophil
    Andrés Hidalgo
    Research
    10 Dec 2019
    NeutroCure: exploiting the dual nature of neutrophils to cure inflammatory diseases

    The NeutroCure project focuses on reactive oxygen species (ROS), which play central roles in healthy animals, such as redox signalling to regulate cell growth
    From left to right: David Sancho, Carlos del Fresno, Paula Saz, and Sarai Martínez Cano.
    Research
    19 Oct 2018
    Science: A new mechanism in the control of inflammation

    CNIC researchers have discovered a new inflammatory control mechanism that paves the way to controlling injury generated during the immune response