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    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.
    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 
    From left to right. Vicente Andres, Director of Basic Research of the CNIC; Mr. Makoto Suematsu, the President of the Japanese Agency for Research and Medical Development (AMED); Borja Ibáñez, Director of Clinical Research at the CNIC; Mr. Masahiko Noda, Managing Director of the Foreign Affairs Department, Alberto Sanz, Managing Director of the CNIC, and the First Secretary - Aggregate of Science and Technology – of the Japanese Embassy in Spain, Mr. Masahiro Aoki
    About the CNIC
    13 Sep 2017
    The Japanese Agency for Research and Medical Development at the CNIC

    The Japanese Agency for Research and Medical Development (AMED) is an institution dedicated to improving medicine through research and development in Japan
    A 3-dimensional magnetic resonance image form a patient who has undergone an acute myocardial infarction. The heart is visible in the center of the image. Healthy (non-infarcted) cardiac muscle is indicated by asterisks, whereas arrows point to the infarcted region. MRI can reveal the extent of the area affected by inflammation after a heart attack (the yellow infarcted region marked by arrows). Serial MRI studies reveal thta this inflammatory reaction appears immediately after the infarction but then rapid
    Research
    22 Aug 2017
    Circulation: Dogma overturned: new studies into inflammation in the infarcted heart could lead to changes in therapy

    The study overturns the dogma that infarction is followed by progressive repair of the injured myocardium.
    About the CNIC
    27 Jun 2017
    Eduardo Oliver, awarded the Young Researcher Award of the Spanish Society of Pharmacology

    The Young Researcher Award of the Spanish Society of Pharmacology (SEF) is awarded to members of the SEF under 35 years of age with the best scientific career
    Noelia Alonso-González, Juan Antonio Quintana y Andrés Hidalgo.
    Research
    24 Apr 2017
    'Journal of Experimental Medicine': Cell “canibalism” educates our defenses

    CNIC scientists show that when macrophages ingest these expired cells they acquire protective properties
    Gonzalo Pizarro, David Sanz-Rosa, Borja Ibáñez, Jaime García-Prieto, Mónica Gómez, Rocío Villena, and Andrés Hidalgo.
    Research
    18 Apr 2017
    'Nature Communications': CNIC scientists discover how a decades-old drug reduces the size of a heart attack

    The beta-blocker metoprolol can limit cardiac damage in patients having a heart attack
    About the CNIC
    7 Mar 2017
    The State Research Agency nominates José María Ordovás as member of its Scientific and Technical Committee

    The State Research Agency nominates José María Ordovás as member of its Scientific and Technical Committee
    Fotos de la Jornada celebrada con motivo del Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia en el Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC)
    About the CNIC
    24 Feb 2017
    CNIC makes a commitment to science and gender equality

    The Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation, Carmen Vela, participates in a conference held in honor of International Women and Girls in Science Day at the CNIC
    Ángel Álvarez Prado, Prof. Jesús Vázquez, Juan Antonio López del Olmo, Dra. Almudena Ramiro y Dra. Virginia G. de Yébenes
    Research
    22 Feb 2017
    'Blood': New Treatment Target Identified for Aggressive Lymphomas

    Every year 400000 people are diagnosed with lymphoma, and 200000 people die from the consequences of this blood cancer