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L’Oreal-UNESCO awards Cuban scientist

Published on: September 30, 2021
10:49

Paris, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuban infectious disease specialist Maria Guadalupe Guzman was honored with the 2022 L'Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science Award for her research on dengue, the multilateral agency informed on Thursday.

Pediatric clinical trial in Cuban province described as successful

Published on: September 24, 2021
14:56

Camagüey, Cuba, Sep 24 (Prensa Latina) After the participation of some 600 children aged 2-18 years of age, scientists and authorities in this Cuban city on Friday described the pediatric clinical trial on the Abdala Covid-19 vaccine as successful.

Open letter by Cuban scientists to Biden on Covid-19 vaccines

Published on: August 10, 2021
14:25

Havana, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban scientists have sent today a letter to US President Joe Biden, telling him about the development and application of Covid-19 vaccines in the island.

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.

Death of founder of Cuba’s biotechnology mourned

Published on: April 28, 2021
13:45

Havana, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's scientific community is mourning the death of Dr. Gustavo Sierra, founder of biotechnology in the country, the precursor of major breakthroughs in that field and a professor of the young generations.

Cuban scientist praises progress of clinical trial in eastern Cuba

Published on: April 13, 2021
15:32

Santiago de Cuba, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) A team of over 500 researchers are holding today in eastern Cuba the clinical trial of the Abdala vaccine candidate, informed Dr. Francisco Hernandez from the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB).

Cuban scientists, health workers received first anti-Covid-19 dose

Published on: April 11, 2021
12:57

Havana, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) Scientists and health personnel from the Cuban capital who participate in the intervention study with two of this country's anti-Covid-19 candidates are currently vaccinated with the first dose.

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