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    A cholesterol plaque in a carotid artery, visualized by vascular magnetic resonance imaging.
    Research
    12 Dec 2017
    'JACC': LDL cholesterol is the main modifiable predictor of atherosclerosis in individuals with no risk factors

    CNIC researchers have demonstrated that, after age and male sex, LDL-C is the main predictor of the presence of arterial atherosclerotic plaques
    About the CNIC
    17 Nov 2017
    New call: PhD positions at CNIC with “La Caixa” - INPhINIT fellowship programme
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    About the CNIC
    14 Nov 2017
    Start-up of the 4DHeart Project

    4DHeart is a training Project that includes 12 European institutions for the training of young scientists
    Los participantes de la CNIC Conference
    About the CNIC
    13 Nov 2017
    The 2017 CNIC Conference on atrial fibrillation combined a global perspective from the genetic basis to the new advances in clinical treatment

    The CNIC Conference entitled “Atrial Fibrillation: from Mechanisms to Population Science”, joined together 126 world experts in the field of atrial fibrillation in very different areas of expertise
    De izda. a dcha.: Iciar Areilza, Gonzalo Pizarro y Borja Ibáñez del CNIC, junto a Jesús Sánchez Martos, Consuelo Serrano, José de la Sota y Sara Alfonso, de la Fundación madri+d
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    3 Nov 2017
    The Madri+d Foundation visits the CNIC

    The director of the Madri+d Knowledge Foundation, Jesus Sánchez Martos, visits the Carlos III National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) to learn first-hand about its main lines of research and explore new ways of collaboration
    La Dra. Guadalupe Sabio en su laboratorio.
    About the CNIC
    25 Oct 2017
    Dr. Guadalupe Sabio joins the EMBO’s network of young researchers

    Dr. Sabio leads a research group at the Carlos III National Cardiovascular Research Center (CNIC) whose main line of research are diseases related to obesity, like cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and liver cancer.


    About the CNIC
    18 Oct 2017
    Launch of the “Alliance of Severo Ochoa Centres and Maria de Maeztu Units of Excellence”
    • 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.
    Nuria Matesanz, Guadalupe Sabio, Elena Rodríguez, José Antonio Enríquez Ana Victoria Lechuga-Vieco, Maria Crespo-Ruiz, Luis Leiva-Vega y Alfonso Mora (centro).
    Research
    11 Oct 2017
    Nature Communications: A specific protein regulates the burning of body fat to generate heat

    The study published in Nature Communications, shows that the elimination of this protein from obese mice blocks any further increase in obesity and reduces body weight
    From left to right. Cristina Clavería, Daniel Jimenez-Carretero, Laura Fernandez de Manuel, Covadonga Díaz-Díaz, María Montoya y Miguel Torres.
    Research
    26 Sep 2017
    Developmental Cell: A ‘social control’ system guarantees embryonic stem cell purity

    This control mechanism is important for pluripotency in the development of mammalian embryos 
    About the CNIC
    15 Sep 2017
    A benefactor names the CNIC his universal heir

    Philanthropy, a way to connect individuals with institutions dedicated to research that increase the quality of life and improve society, is an act of generosity not sufficiently recognized today