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    Research
    10 Jan 2017
    Nature Medicine: Inhibition of a specific protein prevents and reverses aortic aneurysm in models of Marfan syndrome and similar diseases

    The findings, published in Nature Medicine, suggest a major potential for NOS2 inhibitors in the treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysa
    Research
    21 Dec 2016
    Second call for proposals to access the ReDIB Scientific and Technical Singular Infrastructures (STSI)

    ReDIB is composed of two nodes, located at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) in Madrid and the Centro de Investigación Cooperativa en Biomateriales (CIC biomaGUNE) in San Sebastián
    Foto. Primera fila desde la derecha a izquierda. Beatriz Palacios, Beatriz Escobar, Iván Menéndez-Montes, Silvia Martín-Puig. Segunda fila de dcha. a izqda.: José Luis Izquierdo, Luis Jesús Jiménez-Borreguero, Lorena Flores, Miguel Torres. Tercera fila de dcha. a izda.: Manuel José Gómez y Jesús Ruiz-Cabello.
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    20 Dec 2016
    Developmental Cell: Hypoxia signaling plays a physiological role in the formation of the heart

    CNIC scientists demonstrate the fundamental importance of the hypoxia response in the maturation of the heart ventricles
    (From left to right) Doctors Carolina Villarroya-Beltrí, Francisco Sánchez-Madrid and Francesc Baixauli, and Doctoral students Irene Fernández-Delgado and Daniel Torralba
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    25 Nov 2016
    Nature Communications: Discover a key signal in intercellular communication

    The study describes a cell signal that controls intercellular communication and could play a central role in biomedical strategies such as gene therapy, vaccine design, and immunotherapy
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    16 Nov 2016
    The CNIC hosting institution within the INPhINIT “la Caixa” Fellowships Programme
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    16 Nov 2016
    El CNIC acoge estudiantes de doctorado del INPhINIT “la Caixa” Fellowships Programme
    Los participantes de la CNIC Conferenc
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    2 Nov 2016
    CNIC Conference brings together international experts in mechanobiology

    Mechanical forces are the major drivers of development, physiology, and diseases of the cardiovascular system
    Photo: Gabriela Guzmán Martínez, José Jalife, Luis Jesús Jiménez Borreguero, Cristina González Gómez, José Rivera Torres, Vicente Andrés, and David Filgueiras.
    Research
    2 Nov 2016
    PNAS: Heart defects identified in progeria patients that increase the risk of arrhythmias and premature death

    La información permitirá abrir nuevas líneas de investigación para el desarrollo de nuevas terapias dirigidas a corregir estos defectos que caracterizan a la progeria
    Adela M. Guaras, José Antonio Enriquez, Enrique Calvo, Sara Cogliati, Jesús Vázquez, Rocio Nieto-Arellano, Iakes Ezkurdia y Nadia Mercader.
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    26 Oct 2016
    Nature: Scientists dicipher the organization of the cellular mechanisms responsible for energy production

    The study helps to explain how different forms of organization affect metabolism and are linked to the tendency to develop certain diseases
    Científicos del grupo de Inmunobiología del CNIC implicados en la publicación. De izquierda a derecha, arriba: Carlos del Fresno, Salvador Iborra, David Sancho, Fran Cueto; abajo: Michel Enamorado, María Martínez-López, Ruth Conde-Garrosa y Sofía Chayeb Khouili
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    28 Sep 2016
    Immunity: CNIC Investigators Identify Ways to Improve Vaccine Design

    The study, published in the journal Immunity, identifies factors necessary for improving vaccines to induce long-duration cellular immunity in barrier tissues such as skin and mucous membranes