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From the left: Veronique (Hawk Biosystems), Roger Castells-Graells (CNIO), Aitziber López Cortajarena (vice president of the Spanish Society for Biophysics). / Antonio Cruz. SBE

Outreach to Society
27.06.2025 Roger Castells-Graells receives the Hawk Biosystems Award from the Spanish Society of Biophysics The researcher Roger Castells-Graells, from the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), has...

Laura Pérez-Chirinos, Roger Castells-Graells (centre) and Pablo San Segundo. Crédito: Laura M. Lombardía / CNIO

24.06.2025 CNIO designs ‘protein nanoparticles’ to accelerate the development of anti-cancer drugs Proteins are complex molecules that perform crucial functions in the body. Knowing them is essential...

Bárbara Hernando, Geoff Macintyre and Joe Sneath Thompson, at the Spanish National Centre for Cancer Research (CNIO). /CNIO

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23.06.2025 Nature Genetics. CNIO scientists develop test that predicts which patients will not respond to cancer chemotherapy Chemotherapy seeks to destroy tumor cells and has been a standard treatment for cancer for decades....

Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence sign at CNIO

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18.06.2025 The CNIO, awarded the Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence accreditation for the fourth time The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) has been awarded the Severo Ochoa Centre of...

Attendees at the CNIO-CaixaResearch Frontiers Meeting Machines acting on DNA. / Laura M. Lombardía. CNIO.

Events
10.06.2025 Biology delves deeper into the machinery that makes cells work What makes everything work in the body is the task of countless proteins: molecular nano-machines...

Authors of the study. From the left: Núria Malats, Evangelina López de Maturana, Sagrario Ortega, Cristina Bodas, Irene Felipe, Ana Cayuela, Jaime Martínez and Francisco X. Real. / Pilar Gil. CNIO

Scientific News
05.06.2025 GUT. CNIO opens up an avenue to pancreatic cancer prevention Pancreatic cancer is on the rise and could become the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths...

Luis Álvarez Vallina (left) and Javier Arroyo, at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre. / Pilar Gil. CNIO

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28.05.2025 Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. A new immunotherapy for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, the most common form of cancer in children Immunotherapy is driving forward advances in the treatment of many types of cancer, including B-cell...

CNIO researchers Miguel Quintela, project coordinator (right), and Leonardo Garma /Laura M. Lombardía. CNIO

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26.05.2025 A virtual copy for each woman with cancer: so is personalized cancer medicine moving forward A project led by the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), in collaboration with nine...

At each end, the CNIO researchers, María Currás and Bruna Calsina. Between them, Juana María Cano, from the University General Hospital in Ciudad Real, and Rafael Morales, from the University Hospital La Mancha Centro.

22.05.2025 The question familial cancer “detectives” try to answer: “What shall I do if I have inherited a mutation that increases the risk of cancer?” There are genetic alterations – mutations – that increase the risk of cancer and that...