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May
Dr. Vicente Torres to speak at the Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The nomination was made on the basis of the advances made by the research group of the academic of the Faculty of Dentistry U. of Chile in the areas of Cellular and Molecular Biology. Invited to give the Plenary Conference Niemeyer 2023 meeting of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM), Dr. Vicente […]
15
May
Catterina Ferreccio’s column: End of Covid-19 emergency: Lessons from vaccination
By May 5, 2023, when WHO declared the end of the Covid-19 emergency, 70% of the world’s population (30% in low-income countries) had received at least one dose of vaccine, with seven million deaths reported globally. Decades of public investment in research and training of advanced human resources generated the knowledge needed for Covid-19 vaccines. […]
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Minsal expands vaccination against COVID-19 to new target groups
The measure will be effective from Wednesday, April 26th. All people from 12 years of age, including pregnant women, can be inoculated with the bivalent vaccine, regardless of their health condition, and children from six months to three years of age can be inoculated with the primary scheme. The announcement was made by the Minister […]
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Our National Advisor, Dr. Fernando Lanas, was summoned by the WHO to participate in a committee that seeks to improve heart attack treatments.
The World Health Organization informed him that he will be part of a committee of experts that will develop a new strategy to prevent and improve the treatment of heart attacks and cardiovascular accidents. cardiovascular diseases. It has been a few days since Fernando Lanas, cardiologist and academic at the Universidad de la Frontera (UFRO), […]
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Fat and cancer: Chilean scientists make important finding about this little-known relationship
The work was led by researchers from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Chile, which demonstrates the link between adipose tissue and this disease. For almost 50 years, the world’s population has been steadily increasing its levels of overweight or obese adults. According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), 28% […]
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Dr. Araos and first human case of avian flu in Chile: «We have the initial diagnostic capacity».
In a conversation with CNN Chile, Dr. Rafael Araos delved into the symptoms of avian flu in people. «From the clinical point of view, there are not many differences with respect to an intense flu, so there can be febrile symptoms with respiratory symptoms», he explained. See interview here