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    Ana Botín and Valentín Fuster
    About the CNIC
    19 Dec 2024
    The PESA CNIC-Santander study consolidates itself as the most important study in the world in the diagnosis and prevention of cardiovascular diseases

    The findings of this study have been key for the development of REACT, a new research project, that will count on the collaboration of Santander Bank, and will expand the study of the age group for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, which will include 8,000 new participants.

    Macarena de Andrés Laguillo, Stefano Gambera, Sofía Sánchez Muñoz, Rui Benedito, Irene García González, Mariya Lytvyn Legin, Lourdes García Ortega, Sandra Ruiz García, Susana Ferreira da Rocha, Aroa García Cabero, Luis Diago Domingo.
    Research
    12 Dec 2024
    Nature Methods: CNIC presents iFlpMosaics, an innovative genetic toolkit for the study of gene function

    iFlpMosaics is a new technology presented in Nature Methods that allows the modification and study of gene function in mouse models, advancing research on diseases caused by somatic mutations, such as cancer and vascular malformations.
    From left to right: D. MacGrogan, B. Flores-Garza, T. González-Costa, V. Sebastián-Serrano, J.L. de la Pompa, L. Méndez-Peralta, A. Pau-Navalón, A. Galicia-Martín, J. Santos-Cantador, C. Relaño-Ruperez, M. Siguero-Álvarez
    About the CNIC
    12 Dec 2024
    CNIC participates in an international Leducq Foundation project investigating the connection between the placenta and the heart during embryonic development

    The new project, ‘The Placenta in Maternal and Fetal Cardiovascular Health and Disease’, aims to understand how the placenta influences cardiovascular health in mothers and their children, promising improvements in the prevention and treatment of related diseases
    Susana Carmona durante su conferencia
    Research
    5 Dec 2024
    Susana Carmona: "My primary interest is to ask questions, try to answer them and communicate what I learn”

    Susana Carmona directs the Neuromaternal research group at the Gregorio Marañón Hospital in Madrid

    El Dr. Valentín Fuster recibe el Premio de la Sociedad Internacional de Aterosclerosis
    About the CNIC
    5 Dec 2024
    Valentin Fuster, wins prestigious award from the International Atherosclerosis Society

    The International Atherosclerosis Society recognizes the contributions to the understanding and treatment of atherosclerosis by the director of the National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) and president of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart
    Back row: Víctor Jiménez, Mónica Toledano, Miguel Ángel del Pozo Barriuso, María Aboy Pardal, Sara Terrés, Daniel Jiménez, Fidel Lolo. Front row: Miguel Sánchez, Mauro Catalá, Asier Echarri.
    Research
    28 Nov 2024
    CNIC scientists discover a key mechanism in fat cells that protects the body against energetic excess

    A study from the CNIC, published in Nature Communications, reveals how caveolae allow adipocytes to expand safely, storing fat without breaking or causing inflammation
    Carola Vinuesa
    About the CNIC
    25 Nov 2024
    Carola Vinuesa: "Science offers many opportunities to reinvent yourself, to travel, to work in different environments, and to meet new people"

    Carola García de Vinuesa is a senior group leader at the Francis Crick Institute in London and the John Curtin School of Medical Research in Canberra.

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    About the CNIC
    23 Oct 2024
    JACARDI General Assembly: More than 200 experts from 21 European countries unite to improve care for cardiovascular disease and diabetes

    The National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), and the Health Research Institute of Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), representing SERMAS, are actively participating in JACARDI through different pilot projects
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    About the CNIC
    2 Oct 2024
    European Researchers’ Night 2024 at CNIC
    Cardiovascular risk factors (particularly metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and diabetes) alter coronary microvascular function and increase the risk of atherosclerotic disease, which itself leads to changes in the coronary microcirculation.
    Research
    19 Sep 2024
    JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging: Cardiometabolic risk factors in apparently healthy individuals are linked to altered coronary microcirculation

    A study from CNIC reveals how risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis affect heart microcirculation in asymptomatic middle-aged individuals. The research, published in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, highlights the importance of assessing the heart vessels' ability to regulate blood flow and predict future cardiovascular risk