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    About the CNIC
    18 Oct 2017
    Launch of the “Alliance of Severo Ochoa Centres and Maria de Maeztu Units of Excellence”
    • The Secretary of State for R&D+i, Carmen Vela, chaired the kickoff meeting of the new Severo Ochoa and Maria Maeztu Alliance of Excellence.
    • The alliance’s target is to internationally promote and strengthen the centres and units accredited with this distinction, to give their research a higher profile.
    The best way to start the day. A ‘high-energy’ breakfast could consist of a cup of coffee, milk or yogurt, fruit, and wholemeal bread with tomato and olive oil
    Research
    3 Oct 2017
    JACC: Confirms the importance of breakfast in the prevention of cardiovascular disease

    The PESA study shows that people who regularly eat a ‘low energy’ breakfast (supplying less than 5% of recommended daily calorie intake) double their risk of developing atherosclerosis independently of classical cardiovascular risk factors
    From left to right. Cristina Clavería, Daniel Jimenez-Carretero, Laura Fernandez de Manuel, Covadonga Díaz-Díaz, María Montoya y Miguel Torres.
    Research
    26 Sep 2017
    Developmental Cell: A ‘social control’ system guarantees embryonic stem cell purity

    This control mechanism is important for pluripotency in the development of mammalian embryos 
    About the CNIC
    15 Sep 2017
    A benefactor names the CNIC his universal heir

    Philanthropy, a way to connect individuals with institutions dedicated to research that increase the quality of life and improve society, is an act of generosity not sufficiently recognized today     
    From left to right. Vicente Andres, Director of Basic Research of the CNIC; Mr. Makoto Suematsu, the President of the Japanese Agency for Research and Medical Development (AMED); Borja Ibáñez, Director of Clinical Research at the CNIC; Mr. Masahiko Noda, Managing Director of the Foreign Affairs Department, Alberto Sanz, Managing Director of the CNIC, and the First Secretary - Aggregate of Science and Technology – of the Japanese Embassy in Spain, Mr. Masahiro Aoki
    About the CNIC
    13 Sep 2017
    The Japanese Agency for Research and Medical Development at the CNIC

    The Japanese Agency for Research and Medical Development (AMED) is an institution dedicated to improving medicine through research and development in Japan
    A 3-dimensional magnetic resonance image form a patient who has undergone an acute myocardial infarction. The heart is visible in the center of the image. Healthy (non-infarcted) cardiac muscle is indicated by asterisks, whereas arrows point to the infarcted region. MRI can reveal the extent of the area affected by inflammation after a heart attack (the yellow infarcted region marked by arrows). Serial MRI studies reveal thta this inflammatory reaction appears immediately after the infarction but then rapid
    Research
    22 Aug 2017
    Circulation: Dogma overturned: new studies into inflammation in the infarcted heart could lead to changes in therapy

    The study overturns the dogma that infarction is followed by progressive repair of the injured myocardium.
    Photo 1: The authors are holding in their hands illustrations of cells expressing different combinations of membrane and nuclei fluorescent proteins. This corresponds to the method we developed (present in the article) to differentially label cells expressing different genes (with the codes A to F). Each cell expresses a different combination of 2 genes from a pool of 6 different genes (A, B, C, D, E, and F).
    Publications
    10 Aug 2017
    Cell: CNIC Scientists develop new methods for analyzing gene function

    The study, published in Cell, will allow any researcher to induce multispectral genetic mosaics in vertebrate research models such as mice and zebrafish
    3D ultrasound of the right carotid artery. An atherosclerotic plaque is visible as a small protrusion (arrow) in the vessel wall of the internal branch of the proximal carotid artery (bottom), close to the bifurcation. In contrast, the surface of the disease-free external branch (top) is smooth (asterisk).
    Research
    24 Jul 2017
    'JACC': 3D visualization of cholesterol plaques improves cardiovascular risk prediction

    CNIC researchers show the value of total atherosclerosis burden for the identification of individuals at risk of cardiovascular disease
    The CNIC research team. From left to right: Andrés Hidalgo, David Sancho, Sarai Martínez-Cano, Salvador Iborra, Elena Priego, Michel Enamorado, and Juan Antonio Quintana.
    Research
    17 Jul 2017
    `'Nature Comunications': Scientists Find the Key to Improved Cancer Immunotherapy

    The study, published in Nature Communications, demonstrates that tissue-resident and circulating memory T cells cooperate in anti-tumor immunity
    About the CNIC
    27 Jun 2017
    Eduardo Oliver, awarded the Young Researcher Award of the Spanish Society of Pharmacology

    The Young Researcher Award of the Spanish Society of Pharmacology (SEF) is awarded to members of the SEF under 35 years of age with the best scientific career