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    : Blood vessel duplications in the inflamed intestinal mucosa of a mouse with colitis.
    Research
    3 Dec 2019
    EMBO Molecular Medicine: Inhibiting a protease could improve the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

    Scientists at the CNIC and CSIC have identified a function of a protease that could be the future target of drugs to treat inflammatory bowel disease
    Research
    31 Oct 2019
    REANIMA: toward a new paradigm in cardiac regeneration

    Dr. Miguel Torres, of the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), leads a new project that will receive €8 million in funding over 5 years, €1,380,000 of which will be directly managed at the CNIC
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    30 Oct 2019
    CNIC Conference: new concepts in age-related cardiovascular disease

    One of the diseases most affected by aging is cardiovascular illness. In fact, it is already considered the most important risk factor for this disease
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    30 Oct 2019
    Dr. José Javier Fuster receives a Leonardo Scholarship 2019

    The project aims to study how certain mutations acquired in blood cells and traditionally associated with a high risk of developing leukemia can also contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease and become a new and independent cardiovascular risk factor to classical factors
    Primera fila: Irene Fernández-Nueda, Marta Cortés-Canteli, Valentín Fuster, Ana Marcos-Díaz y Borja Ibáñez. Detrás: Javier Sánchez-González, Carlos Cerón y Sergio Callejas.
    Research
    9 Oct 2019
    JACC: An oral anticoagulant delays the appearance of Alzheimer disease in mice

    Treatment of mice for 12 months with the anticoagulant drug dabigatran prevented memory loss and preserved cerebral circulation

    Rocío Sierra, José María Fernández-Toro, Cristina Clavería, Raquel Justo-Méndez, José Antonio Enríquez, Ana Victoria Lechuga-Vieco y Luis Miguel Criado.
    Research
    4 Oct 2019
    Cell Metabolism: CNIC scientists discover a new mechanism for the transfer of maternal genetic material

    CNIC researchers have defined the dynamics of  the transfer of mitochondrial DNA from mothers to their offspring
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    18 Sep 2019
    A CNIC researcher awarded two projects of the European Diabetes Society

    Dra. Ivana Nikolić studies the role of T cells in the development of diseases associated with obesity
    Atrial electroanatomic map of a pig with persistent AFib. The regions colored magenta, purple, and dark blue have high mean FM values. These regions maintain the AFib, and their ablation with a catheter stops the arrhythmia. The squares represent the sites of rotational activity, which are sensitive but not specific to the regions that maintain the fibrillation.
    Research
    12 Sep 2019
    Circulation Research: A new method to improve treatment of atrial fibrillation

    The new study was conducted by investigators at the CNIC, the Hospital Clínico San Carlos in Madrid, and the CiberCV research network and is featured on the cover of the latest edition of the journal Circulation Research

    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
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    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
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    16 Jul 2019
    Dr Fuster delves and dissects latest aspects of cardiovascular health and disease

    Dr. Valentín Fuster will be teaching the summer seminar series “Molecular, Clinical & Population Bases of Cardiovascular Disease and Health”, organized by the  International University Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP) and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.