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    Research
    30 Jul 2020
    Nature: Scientists at the CNIC and IIS Princesa decipher a key mechanism in hypoxia

    The study, published in Nature, shows that sodium controls hypoxic signaling in the mitochondrial respiratory chain
    Research
    25 Jun 2020
    Science Advances: CNIC scientists identify the mechanism that regulates mitochondrial energy production

    The regulatory protein SCAF1 enables mitochondria to adapt to the available nutrient source of sugars, fats, or proteins
    Research
    4 Jun 2020
    Science Advances: CNIC scientists discover a system essential for limb formation during embryonic development

    Published in Science Advances, the study shows that malfunctioning of this system leads to congenital deformities
    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
    7 May 2020
    JACC: Blood Thinners may Improve Survival among Hospitalized Covid-19 Patients

    Research could change standard of care protocols to prevent clotting associated with coronavirus
    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
    En la imagen se muestra con un asterisco la presencia de una placa de aterosclerosis avanzada en la carótida común detectada por la técnica de ecografía 3D que no llega a ocasionar una obstrucción significativa de la luz del vaso (es <50%). Se puede comprobar con precisión su extensión en las 3 dimensiones del espacio lo que nos permite detectar cambios en su volumen para determinar si existe un avance de la enfermedad.
    Research
    7 Apr 2020
    JACC: Atherosclerosis progresses rapidly in healthy people from the age of 40

    A CNIC study published in JACC demonstrates that atheroma plaques extend rapidly in the arteries of asymptomatic individuals aged between 40 and 50 years participating in the PESA-CNIC-Santander study.
    Imágenes de las coroides de ratones control (izquierda) y tras la eliminación de IHH de las células endoteliales (derecha), lo que resulta en una disminución del número de mastocitos (puntos blancos).
    Research
    20 Mar 2020
    Journal of Experimental Medicine:CNIC scientists identify an immunological regulatory circuit that may play a central role in ocular diseases

    Scientists at the CNIC and Weill Cornell Medicine have identified an inflammatory regulatory circuit controlled by a subtype of endothelial cells in the eye
    Dr. Filip Swirski
    About the CNIC
    28 Feb 2020
    "Sleep has been proven to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease”

    Dr. Filip Swirski is associate professor at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (USA) and one of the leading experts on the relationship between sleep and heart disease
    María Ángeles Moro
    About the CNIC
    11 Feb 2020
    "Various diseases and all very mechanistically different, are included under the name of vascular dementia, or better called, cognitive vascular deterioration"

    María Ángeles Moro leads the CNIC's Neurovascular Pathophysiology Laboratory.