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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Three academics from The University of the West Indies (The UWI) have been selected as part of the first cohort of the Rising Scholars: B...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Jamaica on Wednesday announced that Senior Lecturer and Anticancer Researcher, Dr Simone Badal, has been selected among 25 scientists worldwide for the inaugural Rising Scholars: Breast Cancer programme. The Springer Nature and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) made the announcement in a press statement on Tuesday. According to the UWI Mona, this prestigious programme, a partnership between Nature...

With black men two-and-half times more likely to die from prostate cancer and Jamaican men having one of the highest incidences of the cancer in the world, trailblazing Jamaican scientist, Dr Simone ...

Nine Jamaican women across the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) were acknowledged and awarded plaques by the Scientific Research Council (SRC) at its inaugural Science and T...

Written by Jennifer Huizen on May 13, 2021 — Fact checked by Anna Guildford, Ph.D. A new report calls out the dire need for diversity in human cell lines. piranka/Getty Images In a new report, researchers cite a dire need to increase diversity in preclinical research using human cell lines (HCL). Currently, some 95% of commonly used cell lines come from people of European descent. The authors explain that African Americans and other groups are under-represented in preclinical research and are...