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Havana, Feb 25 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of bulbs of the Covid-19 vaccines are being filled today at Cuban labs, after the beginning of Abdala vaccine production, the second vaccine to move to phase III.

Diaz-Canel highlights achievements in Cubas Covid-19 vaccine Diaz-Canel highlights achievements in Cubas Covid-19 vaccine Havana, Feb 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday highlighted the achievements made in large-scale production of the Abdala vaccine candidate, an encouraging piece of news that is no reason for carelessness, he noted. In a post on his Twitter account, the president welcomed the results of that project with several batches ready for phase III of cli...

Researchers Halt Trials of Promising Sickle Cell Treatment Two patients in a gene therapy study developed cancer years after treatment. It is not clear whether the therapy was responsible. Researchers working in the cellular and molecular therapeutics branch at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Md.Credit...Erin Scott/Reuters Feb. 22, 2021 Just when it seemed that a new gene therapy for sickle cell disease was sailing toward success, the company developing the treatment f...

Roger Beachy still remembers the excitement of planting the first genetically altered food crop into United States soils. It was the summer of 1987 when he, along with a team of Monsanto scientists, transplanted tomatoes modified to resist a virus at the company’s research farm, near Jerseyville, Illinois. “I believed we were seeding hope for a hungry world. We were working toward ways to reduce dependence on chemicals,” said Beachy, then a scientist at Washington University, in St. Louis...

Argentina pays close attention to Soberana 02 vaccines advances Argentina pays close attention to Soberana 02 vaccines advances Buenos Aires, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) The advances of the Cuban Soberana 02 vaccine candidate, the first Latin American vaccine against Covid-19, were highlighted on Tuesday by the Director of Science and Innovation of the company BioCubaFarma, Rolando Perez Rodriguez. In an exclusive interview with the Pagina 12 newspaper, the Doctor in Biological Sciences noted that a...

Cuba´s Soberana 02 vaccine candidate is a world trend Cuba´s Soberana 02 vaccine candidate is a world trend Havana, Feb 22 (Prensa Latina) Within a few days of starting phase III of clinical trials with 42,600 volunteers, Soberana 02 vaccine has been latest news domestically and internationally. Hopeful vaccine, safe technology, the first vaccine candidate in Latin America and extraordinary breakthrough are just some phrases on several articles on The New York Times, Business Insider, EuroNew...

Kean University Distinguished Lecture Series Returns Virtually with CNN Political Commentator Bakari Sellers February 22, 2021, 1:18 pm | in     Kean University Distinguished Lecture Series Returns Virtually with CNN Political Commentator Bakari Sellers UNION, N.J. — Kean University’s popular Distinguished Lecture Series will return this week with CNN political analyst and best-selling author Bakari Sellers in a virtual conversation on the topic  Education, Civil...

In order to achieve “biological dominance” over all other nations, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is utilizing various methods of genetic engineering to develop artificial transgenic humans, which will function as military slaves in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Similar to what the history books have to say about the Third Reich, this Fourth Reich, of sorts, aims to crystallize communist China’s position as a global leader via artificial “fortification” of the human genome....

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Bioethicist calls for moratorium on designer babies Genetically engineered humans are now a reality, expert tells City Club of Portland. A bioethicist-in-residence at the University of Oregon on Thursday, Feb. 18, said the time is now to institute a temporary halt on research into editing the human genome for future generations Françoise Baylis, the 2020-21 Wayne Morse Chair at the schools Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics said in a virtual discussion hosted by the City Club of ...