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Lambda variant of SARS-Cov-2 could evade antibodies

Published on: July 30, 2021
07:27

Washington, Jul 30 (Prensa Latina) SARS-Cov-2 Lambda variant, in addition to being highly infectious, could evade neutralizing antibodies, according to the online repository of BioRxiv pre-publications.

Russia’s ROSATOM advances work on Bolivian nuclear research center

Published on: July 29, 2021
11:03

Moscow, Jul 29 (Prensa Latina) The State Atomic Energy Corporation, ROSATOM, informed that it will complete before the year ends the two first stages of the construction of the Center for Research and Development in Nuclear Technology (CIDTN) in Bolivia.

The first living being on Earth could have been a bacterium

Published on: July 8, 2021
00:30

Madrid, Jul 8 (Prensa Latina) Living beings on Earth could have descended from a single organism known as LUCA (Last Common Ancestor), a bacterium belonging to the Planctomycetes family, the Molecular Biology and Evolution journal reported.

Russia says people immunized with Sputnik V will need another vaccine

Published on: June 8, 2021
13:39

Moscow, Jun 8 (Prensa Latina) Russian Deputy Health Minister Oleg Gridnev said on Tuesday that people who have been immunized with Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 might need another vaccine after some time.

China insists on separating SARS-CoV-2 research from politics

Published on: May 31, 2021
11:28

Beijing, May 31 (Prensa Latina) China called to separate politics from the research on the origin of SARS-CoV-2, and criticized the United States for manipulating the hypothesis that the virus escape from a lab.

Glaciers in central Chile endangered by climate change

Published on: May 22, 2021
00:15

Santiago, Chile, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The glaciers in central Chile are increasingly losing mass due to the darkening of the ice and its effect on the absorption of solar radiation, a study revealed recently.

Drinking alcohol causes damage to the brain, study finds

Published on: May 21, 2021
09:52

London, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Drinking any amount of alcohol damages human brain´s structure and functioning, a study by researchers from the University of Oxford warned.

Cuban ambassador to Russia visits nuclear research center(+Photos)

Published on: May 14, 2021
08:36

Moscow, May 14 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Ambassador to Russia Julio Garmendia visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), in Dubna city, of which Cuba has been a member state for 45 years, diplomatic sources indicated on Friday.

Argentinian government allocates additional funds for vaccines

Published on: April 9, 2021
16:45

Buenos Aires, Apr 9 (Prensa Latina) The Argentinian government will allocate an investment for research on immunization strategies and development of vaccines against Covid-19 that are in the preclinical phase, the Ministry of Science and Technology reported on Friday.

Bolivian official highlights development of Cuban vaccines

Published on: March 30, 2021
12:46

La Paz, Mar 30 (Prensa Latina) Former Bolivian Health Minister Ariana Campero on Tuesday highlighted the development of Cuban Covid-19 vaccines and analyzed the coup d'état in her country.

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