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    E.g., 20/02/2025
    . 3D model of a femoral artery obtained by real 3D imaging, revealing the location, number, and extent of distinct atherosclerotic plaques. In this sample, three plaques can be discerned (arrows), at the femoral bifurcation and distributed along the superficial branch.
    Research
    16 Mar 2022
    JACC: 3D matrix ultrasound accurately identifies cardiovascular injury in healthy individuals

    Scientists at the CNIC have led the development of a new three dimensional ultrasound method that improves the assessment of cardiovascular risk in healthy individuals
    José Javier Fuster
    About the CNIC
    23 Feb 2022
    Nature Cardiovascular Research: Mutations acquired by blood cells are an indicator of cardiovascular risk

    Researchers from the CNIC and Columbia University (USA) review the role of acquired mutations and clonal hematopoiesis in cardiovascular disease
    Alexandra
    About the CNIC
    3 Feb 2022
    The Alexandra Peraut Progeria Association makes a donation to the CNIC fo the research of this disease
    Miguel Palomino Segura, Georgiana Crainiciuc, Jon Sicilia y Andrés Hidalgo
    Research
    5 Jan 2022
    Nature: CNIC scientists discover a cell behavior pattern that predicts cardiovascular disease

    Scientists at the CNIC have developed a simple model for studying the behavior of immune cells in live animals and have identified a harmful cell behavior pattern associated with cardiovascular disease
    David Sancho y Carlos del Fresno
    Research
    18 Nov 2021
    Frontiers Immunology: CNIC scientists show that trained innate immunity protects against SARS-CoV-2 and increases the immunogenicity of COVID-19 vaccines

    Immune therapy based on nasal administration of a preparation of dead bacteria called MV130 prevents death in experimental animals infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and increases the immunogenicity of COVID-19 vaccines
    Daño local en las fibras musculares tras el ejercicio. Visualización del daño local en fibras de músculo esquelético (soleous y gastro) de ratón joven tras el ejercicio, mediante la tinción con marcadores de daño local como Filamina C (verde) y Evans Blue (rojo), y los núcleos (en azul) de fibras.
    Research
    18 Oct 2021
    Science: A rapid mechanism for muscle self-repair independent of stem cells

    Researchers from the National Center for Cardiovascular Research and the Pompeu Fabra University describe in Science a new mechanism for muscle regeneration after physiological damage

    Research
    30 Aug 2021
    JACC: A drug costing less than €2 a day helps in the treatment of severely ill COVID-19 patients

    The safety, availability, and robust biological effect of metoprolol could together be enough to consider its use in young patients admitted to the ICU with severe COVID-19
    About the CNIC
    6 Aug 2021
    RREBOOT, on a mission to change clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of heart attack survivors

    CNIC and the Mario Negri Institute in Milan (Italy) coordinate REBOOT, a project that aims to study whether treatment with beta-blockers is beneficial for patients who have suffered a myocardial infarction

    About the CNIC
    2 Aug 2021
    Akiko Iwasaki: “There needs to be more investment into basic science research if we are to be better prepared for the next pandemics”

    Akiko Iwasaki, with some other scientists, helped create a plan to stop Covid-19. She has also spoken out about the barrier’s women face in the field of biology
    Grupo de la Dra. Priori
    Research
    21 Jul 2021
    A CNIC project receives funding from the ”la Caixa” Foundation to investigate a type of fatal tachycardia

    The research team led by project leader Dr Silvia Priori is confident that the discovery of new therapies will reduce the mortality linked to this disease and could also reduce arrhythmias in heart failure patients