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    About the CNIC
    11 Jun 2026
    CNIC and Fundación AstraZeneca bring together young scientists and European leaders in Madrid to advance the “SAFE HEARTS PLAN”

    The meeting forms part of European awareness-raising activities around the European Commission’s new strategy to strengthen prevention, early detection, and management of cardiovascular disease
    Optimal dendritic-cell-based antitumor immunotherapy with cDC1 cells requires active mitochondria. Whereas vaccination with normal cDC1 cells efficiently reduces metastasis in B16-OVA tumors, the antitumor efficacy of these cells is diminished when their mitochondria are damaged.
    Research
    22 May 2026
    Science Immunology: Mitochondria control immune cell activation and the effectiveness of immunotherapy

    A CNIC-led study identifies a mitochondrial “checkpoint” that enables dendritic cells to efficiently activate T lymphocytes against viruses and tumors
    Francesco Costa
    Research
    18 May 2026
    Dr. Francesco Costa: "The sustained use of tools like ChatGPT produces a phenomenon called deskilling"
    About the CNIC
    27 Apr 2026
    The First 2026 Competitive Call for Unique Scientific and Technical Infrastructures of the Distributed Biomedical Imaging Network (ReDIB) Is Now Open
    From left to right, Borja Ibáñez, Laura Cádiz, Agustín Clemente Moragón, Ángela Pollán, Lucía López Palomar, and Anabel Díaz Guerra.
    Research
    26 Feb 2026
    Basic Research in Cardiology: A CNIC study shows that the heart can be protected during chemotherapy without reducing antitumor efficacy

    The study shows that a simple, non-pharmacological technique known as remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) can protect the heart during treatment with anthracyclines
    Dos proyectos del CNIC seleccionados en la convocatoria Investigación en Salud 2025 de la Fundación ”la Caixa”
    About the CNIC
    20 Nov 2025
    Two CNIC projects selected in the la Caixa Foundation 2025 Health Research Call

    In this latest round, the la Caixa Foundation Health Research Call has selected 34 new cutting-edge biomedical research projects
    Investigadores del "The Placenta in Maternal and Fetal Cardiovascular Health and Disease” reunidos en el CNIC
    About the CNIC
    22 Oct 2025
    PlacHeart: an international network to understand how the placenta influences the cardiovascular health of mothers and children
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    Research
    16 Jul 2025
    Nature: A gut microbiota metabolite linked to atherosclerosis could revolutionise diagnosis and treatment

    A new study led by the CNIC has identified imidazole propionate (ImP), a metabolite produced by gut bacteria, as a driver of atherosclerosis— as a driver of atherosclerosis, the disease behind most heart attacks and strokes
    Joseph Hill
    Research
    31 May 2025
    Joseph Hill: "There are new obesity drugs, very famous ones, and they work quite well, but they’re not risk-free"

    Dr. Joseph Hill holds the James T. Willerson, M.D., Chair in Cardiovascular Disease and the Frank M. Ryburn Jr. Chair in Cardiac Research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Dr. Mariell Jessup
    Research
    14 May 2025
    Dr. Mariell Jessup: "Never stop talking about the need to improve women’s health"

    Dr. Mariell Jessup is Chief Science and Medical Officer of the American Heart Association