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Research
9 Oct 2020

CNIC scientists have defined the unique ability if metoprolol to protect the heart during a heart attack

Research
6 Oct 2020

CNIC scientists have shown that vigorous physical exercise is linked to "noncompaction" of the heart, causing it to acquire a spongy appearance.

Research
16 Sep 2020

The study published in Cell shows that macrophages, a type of immune cell, help cardiac cells to get rid of their waste material, and that this maintains the metabolic and contractile properties of the heart

Research
4 May 2020

The study shows that the replication of flu virus particles infecting the heart blocks the transmission of cardiac electrical impulses

Dr. Filip Swirski
About the CNIC
28 Feb 2020

Dr. Filip Swirski is associate professor at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (USA) and one of the leading experts on the relationship between sleep and heart disease

About the CNIC
29 Jan 2020

Dr. Valentín Fuster’s group will contribute to the iMAP project through the PESA-CNIC-Santander study

Se muestra el corazón y tejidos anejos con la visualización de los vasos linfáticos y las células descendientes del segundo campo cardíaco en rojo.
Research
10 Jan 2020

The international team led by CNIC researchers Drs Miguel Torres and Ghislaine Lioux found that the cardiac lymphatic vasculature does not have a single origin, but is instead formed by cells originating in a variety of tissues

De izquierda a derecha  José Manuel Alfonso Almazán, Jorge García Quintanilla, Manuel Marina Breysse, José María Lillo Castellano, Julián Pérez Villacastín, David Filgueiras Rama, José Jalife y Nicasio Pérez Castellano.
Research
16 Dec 2019

The study, published in Europace, uses signals from implantable devices—pacemakers and defibrillators—to analyze electrical signals in the heart during episodes of atrial fibrillation

SRSF3 expression in adult cardiomyocytes. Pink staining shows SRSF3 expression in cell nuclei, which are stained blue. Green staining shows the presence of troponin, a sarcomere protein expressed in cardiomyocytes.
Research
4 Jul 2019

A new study published in Circulation Research shows that loss of cardiac expression of SRSF3 leads to a critical reduction in the expression of genes related to contraction