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Restoring an essential natural lung near the urban center of Ponce

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Manuel Guillama Capella

Conservation of El Samán forest came after an extensive struggle to prevent the construction of a drugstore

 

Ponce - A community struggle that lasted more than a decade ended recently with a resounding victory for environmental protection, resulting in the first acquisition of an urban forest by the conservationist organization Para la Naturaleza (PLN) and the rescue of an important lung near the urban center of this municipality.

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Some 60 groups ask Biden administration to provide Puerto Rico with access to clean energy credits

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José A. Delgado

The petition, led by the Center for American Progress, comes at a time when the island was excluded from incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles.

 

Washington D.C. - About 60 civil society organizations, led by the think tank Center for American Progress (CAP), have petitioned Joe Biden's administration to grant Puerto Rico and the other territories access to federal clean energy credits, including the purchase of electric vehicles.

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"Caribbean Climate Resilience" game created to educate on the effects of climate change

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Amanda Pérez Pintado

The tool is part of an effort led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Caribbean Climate Center

 

As part of an effort to educate about climate change, the USDA's Caribbean Climate Center developed the "Caribbean Climate Resilience" game, an interactive tool that shows the impact of climate on the region's agricultural industry.

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Puerto Rican oceanographer joins prestigious scientific society

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Jorge Bauzá Ortega, scientific director of the San Juan Bay Estuary Program, is currently leading research on contaminants of emerging concern.

 

Oceanographer Jorge Bauzá Ortega's connection to the sea began at an early age. As a child, the scientific director of the San Juan Bay Estuary Program collected seashells and sponges, among other remains of marine species, and the sample grew so large that his mother created a designated space for him to preserve it.

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Organizations appeal court decision allowing destruction of agricultural and sensitive lands

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The plaintiffs continue their efforts to have industrial energy projects banned from developing on land of high agricultural value and instead be installed on rooftops or in previously contaminated areas.

Leaders' meeting for prevention and health promotion from university institutions in Puerto Rico

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La actividad que se llevó a cabo en el día de ayer en el Salón de Conferencias de Punta Borinquen Resort en Aguadilla.

 

(Aguadilla, P.R. - December 15, 2023) Representatives from the different universities of Puerto Rico joined together to celebrate the Educational/Administrative Meeting Retaking Prevention and Health Promotion in the University Institutions of Puerto Rico, organized by the Consortium of University Resources Sowing Alliance for Drug, Alcohol and Violence Alertness in Puerto Rico, better known as C.R.U.S.A.A.D.A.

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Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla Enhances Research Capabilities with LVEM5 Benchtop Electron Microscope Installation

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Aguadilla, Puerto Rico October 25th, 2023 – The Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla (IAUPR-Ag) proudly announces the acquisition and successful installation of the cutting-edge Delong Instruments LVEM5 benchtop electron microscope, with TEM and SEM modes, bolstering its research capabilities and positioning the institution at the forefront of scientific exploration and discovery.

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ESTUDIANTES INVESTIGADORES DE “EL MOLECULAR” VIAJAN A PRESTIGIOSO LABORATORIO EN NUEVA YORK PARA HACER INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS Y EN BATERÍAS

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Alexis G. Lavín Flores, Keyla A. López Pérez and Nataniel Medina Berríos, all student researchers at the UPR Center for Research in Molecular Sciences (CICiM), under the mentorship of Dr. Gerardo Morell and Dr. Brad Weiner, traveled to the prestigious Brookhaven National Laboratory in Long Island, New York, as part of their graduate studies in chemistry.  

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Para la Naturaleza inaugurates Botany Institute awarding interdisciplinary research grants

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The non-profit organization, Para la Naturaleza, recently awarded five grants for interdisciplinary research on botany through its Botanical Institute (IB). 

The Botanical Institute is a novel initiative in Puerto Rico that is part of the global trends that seek to highlight the importance of botanical science both in ecosystem conservation efforts and in the enrichment of human culture. This opportunity is aimed at developing new approaches and methods to create knowledge that place botany as an integral part of human affairs in all its dimensions. 

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MBQ Pharma announces the First-in-Human Dose of MBQ-167 for Advanced Breast Cancer in a Phase 1 Clinical Trial in Puerto Rico with the dual targeted Rac/Cdc42 inhibitor

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- MBQ-167 is a first-in-class small molecule and dual targeted inhibitor of over-expression of two proteins (Rac and Cdc42) that enable cancer metastasis and increased resistance to other anti-
cancer agents.

- 90% of cancer-related deaths are related to cancer metastasis and MBQ-167 is being evaluated in
this first human clinical trial to determine the best dose to evaluate this investigational drug in
future studies to determine its safety and efficacy for reducing this terrible outcome.

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