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    Research
    30 Jul 2020
    Science Advances: CNIC scientists discover the mechanism of competition between mitochondrial genomes coexisting in the same cell

    CNIC study shows that selection between mitochondrial genomes depends on how each type of mitochondria affects cell metabolism
    Research
    25 Jun 2020
    Science Advances: CNIC scientists identify the mechanism that regulates mitochondrial energy production

    The regulatory protein SCAF1 enables mitochondria to adapt to the available nutrient source of sugars, fats, or proteins
    Research
    4 Jun 2020
    Science Advances: CNIC scientists discover a system essential for limb formation during embryonic development

    Published in Science Advances, the study shows that malfunctioning of this system leads to congenital deformities
    From left to right: Marta Román, Fernando Domínguez, Laura Padrón-Barthe, Pablo Garcia-Pavia, Giovanna Giovinazzo, Enrique Lara-Pezzi, Demetrio J. Santiago, Javier Larrasa-Alonso
    Research
    5 Sep 2019
    Circulation: Possible treatment breakthrough for the rare disease arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy type 5

    Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) and Puerta de Hierro hospital in Majadahonda have found a possible treatment for this disease
    From left to right: David Sancho, Carlos del Fresno, Paula Saz, and Sarai Martínez Cano.
    Research
    19 Oct 2018
    Science: A new mechanism in the control of inflammation

    CNIC researchers have discovered a new inflammatory control mechanism that paves the way to controlling injury generated during the immune response

    Prof. Eldad Tzahor
    Research
    18 Oct 2018
    Prof. Eldad Tzahor: “We have discovered the recipe to create a new heart”

    Professor Eldad Tzahor, Director of the Cellular and Molecular Biology Laboratory at the Weizmann Institute of Science, in Rehovo (Israel).
    About the CNIC
    10 May 2018
    Spain: Industry sides with science
    De izda. a dcha.: José Antonio Enriquez, María del Mar Muñoz, Fátima Sánchez-Cabo, Luis Jesús Jiménez-Borreguero, Rocío Nieto-Arellano, Andrés González-Guerra, Carlos Torroja, José María Castellanos, y Concepción Jiménez.
    Research
    3 Apr 2018
    Science Translational Medicine: CNIC scientists identify a promising target for the treatment of heart failure

    The study is published in Science Translational Medicine and was conducted by researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC)
    About the CNIC
    21 Mar 2018
    OTRI or how to capitalize the investment of talent and resources of the academic centers

    The OTRIs are intermediaries in the science-technology-enterprise system, and their mission is to boost relations among the agents of the system
    Training
    20 Mar 2018
    INPhINIT, the training program that contributes to a good development of the professional career of the researcher during the PhD

    INPhINIT is a PhD scholarship program Promoted by the Social Project “Obra Social ‘la Caixa’” and designed to integrate young international researchers in the best Spanish research centers, in the fields of technology, engineering, physics, mathematics, health sciences and life sciences