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• Adiponectin, secreted by adipose tissue, protects against the development of the main form of liver cancer
• Women produce the hormone in larger quantities than men, and adiponectin release also declines in people with obesity
• The results open the route to combating a cancer for which there is currently no treatment and that is the fourth cause of death in the world.

The results, published in JACC, demonstrate the potential of this technology to generate images of the inflammation associated with systemic atherosclerosis; this information will be useful for the study of early stages of this disease and will help to identify individuals who will benefit from early medical intervention

This new results, published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, identify a possible therapeutic target for this genetic disease

The results have implications for patient prognosis, since detection of this marker can prompt intervention to prevent irreversible damage

Poor quality sleep increases the risk of atherosclerosis according to the PESA CNIC- Santander Study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC)

The expression on lymphocytes of the molecule CD69 inversely predicts the development of subclinical (symptom-free) atherosclerosis independently of classical cardiovascular risk factors

The scientific event, which took place in Madrid, brought together more than 100 researchers from different fields of cardiovascular biology

The study results, published in the journal Nature Communications, identify several proteins implicated in this disease