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    Irene Fernández-Nueda, Carlos Cerón y Marta Cortés-Canteli
    About the CNIC
    15 Dec 2020
    CNIC scientists coordinate a European project to develop a biomarker for the early identification of the vascular component in Alzheimer disease

    The BioClotAD project, coordinated by CNIC scientist Dr Marta Cortés Canteli, has been selected by the EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND)
    About the CNIC
    10 Dec 2020
    'AngioUnrestUHD', led by Dr. Rui Benedito, awarded ERC Consolidator funding in the ERC-2020-COG call for proposals

    AngioUnrestUHD, will develop and apply new research tools and methods to advance knowledge about the biology of blood vessels in distinct physiological and pathological contexts
    Research
    27 Oct 2020
    Nature Cell Biology: Researchers identify a subgroup of stem cells that resists ageing and maintains muscle regeneration capacity until geriatric age

    The finding provides a basis for mitigating the loss of muscle regenerative capacity in very elderly people.
    Research
    16 Oct 2020
    Science: Scientists discover a new mechanism for cellular defence against viral and bacterial infections

    Researchers of IDIBAPS, the University of Barcelona and CNIC describes a new mechanism of innate immunity by which cells fight viruses and bacteria.
    Research
    17 Sep 2020
    Nature Metabolism: CNIC researchers discover a mechanism allowing immune cells to regulate obesity

    The results published in Nature Metabolism could be useful to design new treatments for the obese and overweight, and for some associated pathologies, including fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes
    Research
    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
    About the CNIC
    31 Aug 2020
    The CNIC one of the four Leading Cardiovascular Research Centers in Europe at the 2020 European Congress of Cardiology
    Research
    29 May 2020
    Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado: "The real magic is to imagine the experiment and execute it"

    The researcher Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado is one of the greatest experts in the study of the mechanisms involved, cellular and biological, in regeneration in the planaria model
    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
    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