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Justin Perry
About the CNIC
5 Mar 2026

Justin Perry, Associate Member in the Immunology Program of the Sloan Kettering Institute at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and an Assistant Professor in the Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis Program at Weill Cornell Medical Center

Raquel Martínez de Meno, Rebeca Acín Pérez, José Antonio Enríquez, Sara Jaroszewicz y Rebeca Sanz-Cortés.
Research
16 Feb 2026

A new CNIC-led study shows that a genetic tool derived from baker’s yeast enables human cells to manufacture the building blocks of DNA even when their mitochondria fail.

Neutrophils (red) accumulate in the alveoli of a flu-infected lung
Research
2 Dec 2025

An international team has published NeuMap, the first atlas to reveal the global architecture of neutrophils, showing how this “first line of defense” reorganizes to protect, remember, and heal.

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Research
16 Jul 2025

A new study led by the CNIC has identified imidazole propionate (ImP), a metabolite produced by gut bacteria, as a driver of atherosclerosis— as a driver of atherosclerosis, the disease behind most heart attacks and strokes

De izquierda a derecha y de arriba hacia abajo: Maria Rosaria Pricolo, Natalia Vicente, Verónica Labrador, Olga Giménez, Manuel Gavilán, Jon Sicilia, Jesús Vázquez, Elías Herrero, Roberto Silva, Jorge Alegre y Diana Velázquez.
Research
5 Jun 2025

This new tool will advance the development of treatments for congenital muscle diseases and cardiomyopathies. 

Dr. Jonathan Kipnis y la Dra. Mª Ángeles Moro
About the CNIC
30 Apr 2025

Dr. Jonathan Kipnis is a Principal Investigator and the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University

David Sancho, Ignacio Heras-Murillo y Stefanie Wculek.
Research
14 Apr 2025

A study led by the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), in collaboration with the Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Barcelona (IRB Barcelona), has identified the most effective subtype of dendritic cell for generating immune memory in response to cancer

3D reconstruction of the collagen ring (in orange) produced by neutrophils, which forms around wounds in the skin.
Research
19 Mar 2025

The discovery, published in Nature, opens the path to new strategies for treating skin diseases and immunological disorders, with special potential for the treatment of inflammation, diabetes, and age-related conditions

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About the CNIC
15 Jan 2025

The study describes an innovative probe for the noninvasive detection of macrophages using PET technology

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

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.