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    29 Jun 2021
    JACC: Spanish scientists provide the first demonstration that triglycerides are a primary risk factor in atherosclerosis

    A study published in JACC shows that excess circulating triglyceride concentrations are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis and vascular inflammation in individuals with low-to-moderate cardiovascular risk according to standard scores
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    29 Jun 2021
    RESILIENCE, a project to reduce the prevalence of heart failure in cancer survivors

     Over one million European cancer patients suffer from side effects to chemotherapy
    Dra. Sabio
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    17 Jun 2021
    Dr Guadalupe Sabio awarded the Banco Sabadell Foundation Prize for Biomedical Research

    The jury acknowledged this CNIC researcher's contribution to understanding why obesity causes cardiometabolic diseases.
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    14 Jun 2021
    Hosting offers for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 at the CNIC
    Borja Ibáñez
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    10 Jun 2021
    Dr Borja Ibáñez wins the Fundación Jesús Serra Research Award for his work in the fields of nutrition and food science

    The €35,000 awarded by the foundation in each category is for research that deepens knowledge of the relationship between nutrition, food and health
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    9 Jun 2021
    Article by Dr Sabio's group receives the Antoni Esteve Foundation Research Award

    The study, published in Nature in 2019, revealed relevant data about the involvement of the protein p38gamma in the development of the main type of primary liver cancer, which affects over a million people a year worldwide
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    8 Jun 2021
    José Antonio Enríquez and Miguel Ángel del Pozo, new members of EMBO

    Dr Enríquez and Dr del Pozo Muñoz join their colleagues Dr Miguel Torres, Dr Pura Muñoz and Dr Francisco Sánchez Madrid,  bringing to five the number of CNIC members in EMBO

    Skeletal staining of the inferior limb regions of normal embryos, embryos with a single Meis allele, and an embryo with complete absence of Meis. Embryos with a single copy of Meis lack the fibula and posterior digits (black arrow). Total absence of Meis prevents limb development (white arrow).
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    2 Jun 2021
    Nature Communications: CNIC scientists identify essential factors for limb formation

    The study, published in Nature Communications, reveals that Meis transcription factors are essential for the formation and antero-posterior patterning of the limbs during embryonic development 

    Sara Martínez Martínez, María José Méndez Olivares, Álvaro Alfayate, , Andrea de la Fuente-Alonso, Miguel R. Campanero, Juan Miguel Redondo y Jesús Vázquez.
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    11 May 2021
    Nature Communications: Inhibition of proteins activated by nitric oxide reverses aortic aneurysm in Marfan syndrome

    Scientists at the CNIC and CSIC have shown that elevated activity of proteins regulated by nitric oxide (NO) causes the aortic disease seen in Marfan Syndrome patients
    Dr. Miguel Torres
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    10 May 2021
    Dr. Miguel Torres appointed Associate Editor of Science Advances

    Dr. Torres is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). Dr. Miguel Torres’s scientific research focuses on the regulation of embryonic development and the formation and regeneration of organs.