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About the CNIC
26 Feb 2018

The Pro CNIC Foundation, presided by Luis de Carlos Beltran, demonstrates in this way once again, the great commitment of the companies that comprise it

Héctor Sánchez Iranzo, Andrés Sanz Morejón, María Galardi Castilla y Nadia Mercader Huber.
Research
8 Feb 2018

A new study published in Nature Communications describes a high level of plasticity among different cell populations in the regenerating zebrafish heart

Jesús Vázquez, María Villalba, Sara Cogliati, Marina López, Paula Ortiz, José Antonio Enriquez, Laura Padrón, Elena Bonzón y Enrique Lara.
Research
6 Feb 2018

The calcineurin variant CnAβ1 redirects glucose metabolism to increase production of antioxidant compounds, reducing cardiac hypertrophy and improving heart function

 

Dr. Alegre-Cebollada (center), Prof. Julio Fernández (left), and study author Carmen Badilla (right).
Research
12 Jan 2018

Scientists at the CNIC and Columbia University have identified a new mechanism regulating the elasticity of titin, a protein with important roles in the function of skeletal and heart muscle

Dra. Silvia Martín-Puig y Dr. Miguel Torres
About the CNIC
13 Dec 2017

The project has been set up to examine how and why the capacity to develop new cardiac cells and repair the heart after an acute injury is lost with growth

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About the CNIC
14 Nov 2017

4DHeart is a training Project that includes 12 European institutions for the training of young scientists


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

The study overturns the dogma that infarction is followed by progressive repair of the injured myocardium.

Gonzalo Pizarro, David Sanz-Rosa, Borja Ibáñez, Jaime García-Prieto, Mónica Gómez, Rocío Villena, and Andrés Hidalgo.
Research
18 Apr 2017

The beta-blocker metoprolol can limit cardiac damage in patients having a heart attack

: Prof. Miguel Torres and Prof. Nadia Mercader
About the CNIC
1 Mar 2017

The 4DHeart project is underpinned by a €1.5 million budget spread over 4 years