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    About the CNIC
    30 Oct 2023
    Dr Valentín Fuster receives the AstraZeneca Foundation Honorific Award for Excellence in Scientific Research

    The Honorific Award for Excellence in Scientific Research is awarded in recognition of the career of scientists who have contributed to the generation of knowledge and advances in their field of specialization
    About the CNIC
    2 Oct 2023
    Another year of European Researchers’ Night shows the interest in science.
    Research
    2 Oct 2023
    Diabetes Care: Obesity, high blood pressure, and lipid imbalance trigger a progressive loss of energy generation capacity in the heart

    Scientists at the CNIC have discovered that metabolic cardiovascular risk factors diminish the capacity of the heart to use glucose as an energy source
    la Dra. Mercedes Ricote y la Dra. Ana Paredes
    About the CNIC
    29 Sep 2023
    Researcher Ana Paredes wins the International Birnstiel Award 2023

    The Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) researcher Dr Ana Paredes has won the International Birnstiel Award 2023
    About the CNIC
    24 Sep 2023
    CURE HEART & BRAIN (COFUND): Postdoctoral positions for excellent researchers
    The image represent glucose uptake in the brain measured by positron emission tomography in middle-aged individuals with low (top) or high (bottom) sustained cardiovascular risk over 5 years. The colors represent cerebral glucose consumption, with red indicating higher consumption and blue lower consumption
    Research
    31 Aug 2023
    The Lancet Healthy Longevity: Early action to control cardiovascular risk factors preserves brain metabolism

    A study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity shows that brain metabolism, detected with advanced imaging techniques, declines more sharply in middle-aged people with a sustained high cardiovascular risk over 5 years
    En primer plano: Emilio Camafeita, Rui Benedito y Macarena Fernández; detrás, de izda. a dcha., Ana Dopazo, Jesús Vázquez, Alberto Benguria, Mariya Lytvyn, Severin Muhleder, Sofía Sánchez, Lourdes García.
    Research
    29 May 2023
    Nature Cardiovascular Research: Scientists identify how some angiogenic drugs used to treat cancer and heart disease cause vascular disease

    The new study, published in Nature Cardiovascular Research, will help to select the most effective and safe way to modulate angiogenesis in ischemic tissues or in cancer
    Vanessa Núñez, Jesús Vázquez, Emilio Camafeita, Ana Paredes, Pablo Hernansanz-Agustín, Mercedes Ricote, Fátima Sánchez Cabo y Fernando Martínez.
    Research
    24 May 2023
    Nature: GLA, the fatty acid that makes the heart function properly after birth

    A study by CNIC researchers published in Nature has found that the omega-6 fatty acid gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), present in breast milk, plays an essential role in ensuring the proper functioning of the heart after birth
    Miguel Galán, David Sancho, Stefanie K. Wculek, Annalaura Mastrangelo, Verónica Miguel ,Ignacio Heras-Murillo, Diego Mañanes, José Antonio Enríquez and Andrea Curtabbi.
    Research
    3 Feb 2023
    IMMUNITY: Scientists identify a new therapeutic target in macrophages for the treatment of obesity-related diseases

    The discovery, published in the journal Immunity, identifies a new therapeutic route for conditions associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome, including cardiovascular disease
    Análisis de muestras humanas y experimentos en animales demuestran que la presencia de mutaciones en el gen p53 en sangre aumenta el riesgo de desarrollar aterosclerosis, la principal causa de enfermedad cardiovascular.
    Research
    16 Jan 2023
    Nature Cardiovascular Research: The 'guardian of the genome' protects against cardiovascular disease

    A CNIC study extends the understanding of how acquired mutations in blood cells act as a new cardiovascular risk factor