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Research
14 Nov 2017

The Fuster-BEWAT score evaluates five health indicators: blood pressure, physical activity, body-mass index (BMI), fruit and vegetable intake, and smoking status

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About the CNIC
6 Nov 2017

This award rewards individuals and legal entities and both Spanish and foreign entities that have distinguished themselves by the merits acquired in the fields of education, science, culture, teaching and research or that have rendered outstanding services in any of these fields in Spain or internationally

About the CNIC
18 Oct 2017
  • The Secretary of State for R&D+i, Carmen Vela, chaired the kickoff meeting of the new Severo Ochoa and Maria Maeztu Alliance of Excellence.
  • The alliance’s target is to internationally promote and strengthen the centres and units accredited with this distinction, to give their research a higher profile.
The best way to start the day. A ‘high-energy’ breakfast could consist of a cup of coffee, milk or yogurt, fruit, and wholemeal bread with tomato and olive oil
Research
3 Oct 2017

The PESA study shows that people who regularly eat a ‘low energy’ breakfast (supplying less than 5% of recommended daily calorie intake) double their risk of developing atherosclerosis independently of classical cardiovascular risk factors

3D ultrasound of the right carotid artery. An atherosclerotic plaque is visible as a small protrusion (arrow) in the vessel wall of the internal branch of the proximal carotid artery (bottom), close to the bifurcation. In contrast, the surface of the disease-free external branch (top) is smooth (asterisk).
Research
24 Jul 2017

CNIC researchers show the value of total atherosclerosis burden for the identification of individuals at risk of cardiovascular disease

Alberto Sanz, Gerente del CNIC; Dr. Jordi Camí, director de la Fundación Pasqual Maragall; Dr. Valentín Fuster, director general del CNIC, y Dr. Borja Ibáñez, Director de Investigación Clínica del CNIC.
About the CNIC
30 May 2017

Los resultados permitirán avanzar en el conocimiento de la interacción entre los diversos factores de riesgo de ambas enfermedades

Research
21 Dec 2016

ReDIB is composed of two nodes, located at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) in Madrid and the Centro de Investigación Cooperativa en Biomateriales (CIC biomaGUNE) in San Sebastián


(From left to right) Doctors Carolina Villarroya-Beltrí, Francisco Sánchez-Madrid and Francesc Baixauli, and Doctoral students Irene Fernández-Delgado and Daniel Torralba
Research
25 Nov 2016

The study describes a cell signal that controls intercellular communication and could play a central role in biomedical strategies such as gene therapy, vaccine design, and immunotherapy

Científicos del grupo de Inmunobiología del CNIC implicados en la publicación. De izquierda a derecha, arriba: Carlos del Fresno, Salvador Iborra, David Sancho, Fran Cueto; abajo: Michel Enamorado, María Martínez-López, Ruth Conde-Garrosa y Sofía Chayeb Khouili
Research
28 Sep 2016

The study, published in the journal Immunity, identifies factors necessary for improving vaccines to induce long-duration cellular immunity in barrier tissues such as skin and mucous membranes

Ingenuity PET-MRI de Philips de humanos (Equipo híbrido clínico de Tomografía por Emisión de Positrones-Resonancia Magnética) 5
About the CNIC
8 Sep 2016

ReDIB is composed of two nodes, located at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) in Madrid and the Centro de Investigación Cooperativa en Biomateriales (CIC biomaGUNE) in San Sebastián