Editorial - October 2025

Dear colleagues,

We had a productive Working Group CARE Nucleus meeting during ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid. The discussion focused on the future activities of our group and how we can best contribute to advancing cardiovascular research and clinical care. Exciting plans are ahead!
On the picture (from left to right): Piotr Musiałek, Marie Noelle Giraud, Francesca Stillitano, Giulio Pompilio, Ricardo Sanz-Ruiz, Massimiliano Gnecchi, Oren Caspi, Maurizio Pesce, Christian Bär, Sveva Bollini, Stefan Janssens, Monika Gladka (CARE Nucleus members not in the picture: Wolfram Zimmermann, Paolo Madeddu, Jerome Roncalli, Joost Sluijter).

WG CARE awards:
We would also like to highlight the ESC Working Groups awards that were given at ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid. Congratulations!

• to Wutian Rao

In situ nano-engineered DNA-CAR T therapy alleviates cardiac fibrosis post myocardial infarction.

• to Laura Hehl

Targeting miR-148a-3p to reverse endothelial senescence and improve vascular repair post-MI.

Monika Gladka, WG CARE communication coordinator