CNIC Pulse Magazine

    Dr. Valerie M. Weaver, Director of the Center of Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration at the Surgical Department of the University of California in San Francisco (USA).
    15 Mar 2017
    Dra. Valerie M. Weaver: “Most of our findings have been achieved through serendipity”

    Dr. Weaver participated in the Sixth Edition of the CNIC Conference, a scientific event organized by CNIC researchers Jorge Alegre-Cebollada, Nadia Mercader, Maria Montoya, and Miguel Á. Del Pozo and Martin Schwartz from the University of Yale (USA) titled ‘Mechanical forces in physiology and disease’
    15 Sep 2015
    Scanning of flowing blood by white blood cells can trigger cardiovascular injury

    A subtype of the body’s main defensive agents—the white blood cells, or leukocytes—actively scan flowing blood for activated platelets,a process that can lead to many types of cardiovascular accident, including common events such as stroke
    15 Sep 2015
    Shared learning between two giants of cardiovascular research

    Mount Sinai Heart is one of the best cardiology centers in the world; indeed the institute’s website proudly declares its position as 10th ranking cardiology center in the USA.
    15 Sep 2015
    How to stop ‘bone-eating’ cells and reduce the risk of osteoporosis

    Osteoporosis is a disease that affects all bones of the skeleton and is caused by a loss of bone resistance.
    15 Sep 2015
    From high-school graduates to physicians… at the CNIC

    Julio César García Rubio and Eliú David Pérez Nogales first met at the CNIC back in 2007 and ran into each other again at the same center in 2015.
    15 Sep 2015
    The mechanism that controls localization of the protein rac1 in the cell nucleus, crucial for understanding the control of cell shape and tumor invasion

    The sustained presence in the nucleus of the protein Rac1 produces changes in nuclear morphology that are important in several biological processes, including malignant cancer.

    15 Sep 2015
    The ‘Little Ones’ take charge

    The importance of their work is undeniable, but we seldom hear about them.
    15 Sep 2015
    The CNIC signs up for M-Prevention

    Mobile technology is joining the fight to improve cardiovascular health.
    15 Sep 2015
    The Mujeres por el Corazón campaign bus tours Madrid

    Mujeres por el corazón campaign last October.
    15 Sep 2015
    “We are still a several years away from making cell replacement therapy a reality”

    Scientific Director of the Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine - “We are still a several years away from making cell replacement therapy a reality” - Edward Morrisey