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- CNIO promotes the use of artificial intelligence in cancer research, thanks to 4.6 million euros in European funding
19.07.2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already having a profound impact on oncology. Its use helps to improve tools for the detection and diagnosis of tumours, and also to develop more effective treatments with fewer side effects. But harnessing the full potential of this new technology means bringing on board and also training more research staff specialising […] - How to be an elite scientist, lesson 1. CNIO welcomes the students who step into excellence research thanks to its International Summer Training Program
12.07.2024
“I want to devote my life to cancer medicine, but also to research. I think medicine and research must communicate with each other”. This is how Miguel Xiao argues his decision to apply for an internship in the International Summer Training Program of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) for students in degrees in […] - By wearing the ‘Siempre+Positivo’ T-shirt Van Gaal and CNIO support cancer research: “we contribute to a future with less cancer”
11.07.2024
A couple of weeks ago the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), the main cancer research institution in the country, hosted in its auditorium a very unusual press conference to announce the signing of soccer coach Louis van Gaal. He talked to Maria Blasco, CNIO’s scientific director, about his experience as a prostate cancer patient. […] - FEMP will promote the Friends of CNIO Local Government initiative to support cancer research
01.07.2024
Luis Martínez-Sicluna, Secretary General of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), announced the launch of this initiative to promote both innovation and the attraction of research talent. The scientific director of CNIO, Maria Blasco, stressed the need to make the public aware of the importance of cancer research in our country. The regional […] - CNIO researchers co-leads a project to improve survival of patients with the most aggressive lung cancer, funded by the AECC
19.06.2024
Smoking is the main risk factor for lung cancer. The most aggressive type of this tumor, small cell lung cancer, is often diagnosed once it has already spread, in which case only 3% of patients live longer than five years. A large project involving more than 300 researchers from all over Spain is now seeking […] - The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre obtains record revenues from agreements with international companies seeking excellence in cancer research
17.06.2024
The large increase in the number of both patents licensed to the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), and collaboration agreements with industry, is “an amazing achievement for a public research institution”, says CNIO’s Director of Innovation, Roke I. Oruezábal, in the center’s 2023 Annual Report, which has just been published. The impact of the […] - Demographic Analysis of Cancer Research Priorities and Treatment Correlations
10.06.2024
- Aligning Cancer Research Priorities in Europe with Recommendations for Conquering Cancer: A Comprehensive Analysis
06.06.2024
- CNIO researchers explore new ways of attacking melanoma, an increasingly frequent cancer in which prevention is crucial
23.05.2024
In this video, the melanoma cells (in green) on the left have proteins that trick our defense system and get it to work in favor of the cancer, promoting its development instead of attacking it. This is why melanoma cells survive despite being surrounded by defensive cells (in red), the cytotoxic lymphocytes. In contrast, the […]