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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 […]
Sergio Lavandero received the Hermann Schmidt-Hebbel medal for his contributions to science.
By unanimous decision, the full members of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Chile awarded the «Hermann Schmidt-Hebbel 2023» medal to Sergio Lavandero, winner of the National Science Award 2022 for his outstanding career of more than 38 years as an academic and researcher at the University of Chile. Dr. Lavandero has been a reference […]
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), […]
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% […]
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
Chip simulates brain’s encephalic barrier for testing new drugs
Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBC), together with researchers from Chile, have developed a chip-like device that simulates the blood-brain barrier of the brain for use in testing and studying drugs against Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBC) have developed a chip-like device that […]