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    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
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    Research
    13 Sep 2024
    The RESILIENCE trial: preventing heart injury caused by anticancer drugs

    RESILIENCE is a clinical trial funded by the European Commission (H2020 Programme) that aims to reduce the prevalence of heart failure in cancer survivors
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    Research
    9 Sep 2024
    Circulation: A new mechanism of early-onset atherosclerosis in a premature aging syndrome

    The new study, published in the journal Circulation, opens a new avenue of research into treatments for the atherosclerosis associated with progeria
    About the CNIC
    30 Aug 2024
    Héctor Bueno receives the ESC President's Awards 2024 at the Congress of the European Society of Cardiology
    CNIC researchers
    Research
    30 Aug 2024
    Nature Medicine: CNIC scientists discover a new cardiovascular risk factor and identify a drug able to reduce its effects

    Two studies carried out at the CNIC provide key information about a newly identified cardiovascular risk factor, clonal hematopoiesis, and its treatment with the ancient medication colchicine
    Dra. Hélène Girouard
    Research
    4 Aug 2024
    Dra. Hélène Girouard: “In alzheimer’s disease, high blood pressure is the main risk factor after age”

    Laboratory of Pharmacology and Physiology of the University of Montreal (Canadá)

    Esther Lutgens
    Research
    17 Jul 2024
    Esther Lutgens: “Science is the best job there is”
    Michael P. Snyder
    Research
    3 Jul 2024
    Michael P. Snyder: "The benefits of sharing data outstrip the possible harm"

    Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Genetics, Chair of the Genetics Department and Director of the Centre for Genomics and Personalized Medicine at Stanford
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    About the CNIC
    11 Jun 2024
    Nucleic Acids Research: A CNIC team has created an innovative tool for the reliable and efficient study of gene function

    iSuRe-HadCre promises to become an essential tool for biomedical research using mouse models to modify and understand gene function
    Rebecca F. Gottesman
    Research
    4 Jun 2024
    Rebecca F. Gottesman: “Telling someone their risk of dementia would drop if they treated their high blood pressure would impact them more than the possibility of a heart attack or stroke"

    Stroke Branch Chief at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)