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Russia to test cancer vaccine on patients

Published on: June 22, 2024
05:57

Moscow, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) Russia will begin clinical trials of cancer vaccines in patients with oncological diseases in mid-2025, as reported by the Director of the National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology Gamaleya, Alexandr Gintsburg.

Test can predict dementia up to nine years before diagnosis

Published on: June 10, 2024
18:27

London, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed a new method for predicting dementia with over 80% accuracy and up to nine years before a diagnosis.

Cuba to host International Congress on Science and Education

Published on: June 10, 2024
09:01

Havana, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is closing details to host the Third International Congress of Science and Education at the Havana Convention Palace from June 17th to 19th.

Russia to expect results of cancer vaccine by year-end

Published on: June 9, 2024
07:58

St. Petersburg, Russia Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) The first results of the preclinical studies of a vaccine to fight off cancer could be launched by the end of this year, the Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko enlightened.

Alaska´s rivers turning orange and toxic

Published on: May 21, 2024
17:42

Washington, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Minerals exposure from thawing permafrost may be the cause of dozens of Alaska´s most remote streams and rivers are presently turning from a crystal-clear blue into a cloudy orange, as published by a specialized magazine.

WHO urges European nations to ban high-salt foods

Published on: May 15, 2024
17:52

Geneva, May 15 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday urged European countries to set legal limits on the amount of salt in manufactured foods, restaurants and canteens in a suite of recommendations to stop excessive intake and cut rates of heart diseases, which could save nearly 900,000 lives.

WMO stresses significance of forecasting space weather events

Published on: May 13, 2024
16:42

Geneva, May 13 (Prensa Latina) More than a great light show in the skies, the onset of one of the largest geomagnetic storms in several decades has highlighted the importance of forecasting potentially disruptive space weather events, the WMO reported on Monday.

American researchers create sound-suppressing silk for quiet spaces

Published on: May 7, 2024
17:21

Washington, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States, have engineered a hair-thin fabric to create a lightweight, compact and efficient mechanism to reduce noise trnsmission in large rooms.

Converting CO2 into methanol, a new proposal to tackle climate change

Published on: May 7, 2024
14:57

Washington, May 7 (Prensa Latina) The use of a new catalytic material, cobalt phthalocyanine, converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into methanol, which could contribute to lowering CO2 high emissions that is polluting the atmosphere nowadays.

Climate change as major driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century

Published on: April 27, 2024
09:33

Berlin, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) Global biodiversity has decreased between 2% and 11% during the 20th century as a result of land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study.

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