ACCDiS in Media

The day, held at the UC School of Veterinary Medicine, had national and international exhibitors, who sought to account for the challenges in research and public policies to face the impacts of the presence of the parasite Echinococcus granulosus By Michelle Ferrer Solar Seeking to generate synergies between research and development of […]

Joins, In addition, to the group of experts the infectologist Pablo Vial, leaves the instance the Infectologist Dra. Jeanette Dabanch and risk communication journalist Maritza Labraña, becomes part of the executive secretary. The Dra. Catterina Ferreccio, who is also an epidemiologist, UC Full Professor and Deputy Director of the Advanced Center for Diseases […]

The outstanding researcher and son of public education was unanimously awarded the National Prize for Natural Sciences 2022. The award was given in recognition of his 35 years of outstanding scientific career, Research, clinical and academic, especially in the field of pathophysiology and chronic diseases. The current vice president of the […]

Age-related diseases, as Alzheimer's disease, are becoming more frequent and could affect more than 130 million by 2050. During the aging process, overproduction of beta-amyloid peptides (Aβ) leads to the formation of different types of aggregates in the brain. While the advanced stages of the disease […]

Lower incidence of heart attacks in people with Down syndrome could help in the search for treatments for the prevention of heart attacks in the general population. PhD in Biochemistry from the Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Chile, Valentina Parra, leads a study aimed at knowing the characteristics […]