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Cubas Abdala vaccine against Covid-19 shows favorable results Cubas Abdala vaccine against Covid-19 shows favorable results Havana, Jan 26 (Prensa Latina) Cubas Abdala vaccine candidate demonstrated its safety and immunogenicity against Covid-19, leaders of the study highlighted on Tuesday. On Twitter, the president of the Business Group of Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical Industries (BioCubaFarma), Eduardo Martinez, detailed that an independent committee for the data analysis of the clinica...

(Photo : Pixabay) In a study published recently in Science publication last January 21, the researchers coming from different backgrounds have devised a way using the CRISPR Tool, to track cells using the genetic engineering of a person and their cells. This method would now look deep into the basis of a genetic strand and see the cells that are healthy and affected by cancer to see its growth.  Cancer cells are often confined to a certain area it chooses and remains there to infect the cell...

Cuba seeks to protect population against Covid-19 Cuba seeks to protect population against Covid-19 Havana, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuban scientists and health personnel are currently making progress in clinical trials of anti-Covid-19 vaccine candidates developed in this country with the aim of protecting the entire population. Vaccine candidate Soberana 01 is going through clinical Phase I trial in convalescent patients who had mild symptoms, those who were asymptomatic or had positive test re...

The South African National Defence Force spent R229 million on unregistered COVID-19 medicine from Cuba, but then lost 40% because they forgot that the cooling…

Vaccine candidates currently in development in India The following candidates are in various stages of trials to assess safety and efficacy in India, according to a report in the BBC. This is apart from Serum Institutes Covaxin and Bharat Biotechs Covishield, which have already received emergency approval. 1) ZyCov-Di, being developed by Ahmedabad-based Zydus-Cadila 2) In partnership with US-based Dynavax and Baylor College of Medicine, Hyderabad-based Biological E, the first Indian private ...

How states are fighting vaccine hesitancy Even as India began an ambitious vaccination drive last week to inoculate over a billion people, the programme has been hampered by turnout as low as 22% in some states. This report in ThePrint provides a look into the measures states are taking to tackle vaccine hesitancy. Some of the measures states are taking include reminders about appointments for vaccination through WhatsApp and social media chat groups, counselling, and newspaper ads. The state...

In the dying days of his presidency, Donald Trump’s administration redesignated Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism, writes Ian Ellis-Jones.

SARS-CoV-2 suppresses host innate immunity SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, blocks the processes of innate immune activation that normally direct the production and/or signaling of type I interferon (IFN-I) by the infected cell and tissues. IFN-I is a key component of host innate immunity that is responsible for eliminating the virus at the early stage of infection, as summarized in a recent review article in Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research (JICR). By suppressing innate im...

UPDATED: January 25, 2021 10:14 IST War on the virus A volunteer gets vaccinated against Covid at AIIMS, New Delhi, in the presence of Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on January 16 (Photo: Yasir Iqbal) September 16 was one of the darkest days of the Covid pandemic in India. The country added 97,655 new cases in 24 hours, pushing active cases to over 1 million. At 5,115,893, Indias total Covid count on that date was the second highest in the world while the number of Covid deaths in absol...

Cuban Ambassador expresses gratitude for Greeks that helped with Nobel Peace Prize nomination Search for: Cuban ambassador to Greece, Zelmys María Domínguez Cortina, spoke to Sputnik Hellas about Cuban vaccines for COVID-19, tensions between Cuba and the U.S., and the mud thrown against the Cuban medical brigade, which is a candidate for Nobel Peace Prize. One of the flagships of the Cuban revolution, despite the relentless campaign of boycotts and sabotage by the US government, is the healt...