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A thriving biotech culture

Submitted on 14 February 2007 - 9:59am

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Puerto Rico has joined the ever-growing list of regions worldwide looking to capitalize on and learn from the Bay Area's successful life sciences economy, which created an estimated 6,000 new jobs here last year. The Island is home to 25% of the world’s pharmaceutical manufacturing, but in order to keep this leading position, Puerto Rico is moving towards becoming the Bio-Island, an economy less reliant on manufacturing, built instead on research and development. Northern California has a successful and thriving life sciences economy, which is why the governor Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá, together with the University Of Puerto Rico Antonio García Padilla, and executives from PRIDCO traveled to the Bay Area to learn about their life sciences industry.

Vegetable fuel to the rescue

Submitted on 24 January 2007 - 4:18pm

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Esterhol, a vegetable product based of the soy bean plant has been in Puerto Rico for eigth months, under the Caribbean Renewable Energy franchise, with headquarters in the United Status. This new vegetable fuel could be used by heavy machinery, trucks and some companies, and it’s been brought to Puerto Rico with the idea of becoming an innovative “green” product that doesn’t contaminate and saves money to the consumer. Esterhol is comparable to biodiesel, with the difference that is processed in cold, which helps minimize contaminating emissions to the air.

Fellowships to study biotechnology

Submitted on 12 January 2007 - 2:36pm

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Students Ismary Colón Angueira and Kendrick Hernández Crespo were recently awarded a fellowship of $1,000 a semester –for five years- to study biotechnology at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez (RUM). Entrepreneur Carlos Rodriguez, president of VWR in Puerto Rico and his wife Coral Parrilla, both ex-alumni of RUM, made the donation for this fellowship.

Veterinarian recieves prize for his biotechnology company idea

Submitted on 13 December 2006 - 4:12pm

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Veterinarian Ignacio Pino, president and founder of CDI Health, won the first prize in the business contest EnterPrize, sponsored by Guayacan Group and McKinsey and Company firm. Pino works with cattle farmers in western Puerto Rico and from there was born the idea of establishing a biotechnology company focuses on the developments, commercialization, marketing and distribution of veterinary drugs. Pino indicated that CDI Health already has a product in development. It is a vaccine against babeciosis for cattle, which he started developing four years ago in collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico. Another product Pino wants to commercialize is a nutritional supplement aimed to treat diarrhea in calves. This product was developed by Cornell University, but has not been commercialized yet. The third product he wants to commercialize is an infusion to treat mastitis, a product that was developed by the Federal Department of Agriculture, but its not yet in the market.

"Dream Team" to build biotechnology installations

Submitted on 20 November 2006 - 10:27am

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The Puerto Rican Conglomerate of Construction presented the main executives of biosciences industries with a model o fan entrepreneurial consortium aimed to supply the development and expansion necessities of the biosciences industry. The Conglomerate includes architects and engineers, experts in environmental planning and permits; project managers; automation, commissioning and validation resources; installation and maintenance technicians and equipment investment.

Inventors' showcase

Submitted on 22 October 2006 - 3:09pm

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The First Forum of Inventors was a great opportunity to showcase the Puerto Rican creativity, gathering more than a hundred participants that included entrepreneurs, inventors, academics, and state functionaries, with the purpose of promoting the development of new ideas and educating about the resources available to support inventors. The inventors assisting the activity pointed out the importance that the government creates measures to support patenting and commercialization of inventions.

Forum for local inventors

Submitted on 16 October 2006 - 2:06pm

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Universidad del Este (UNE) of the Ana G. Mendez University System, Hill celebrate the First Inventors Forum this week. This forum is directed to potential inventors, as well as people who have developed their inventions and even have patents. Activities will be held from Tuesday, Oct. 17 to Friday, Oct.20.

Unlocking the mysteries of the brain

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Grand slam! Three lab groups with P. Rican researchers published in this issue of L&M

"Si por casualidad duermes, y sueñas que te acaricia la brisa..."

Those verses from Bobby Capó's song "SoÒando con Puerto Rico" transport us with their melody to the coasts of Puerto Rico. While taking this trip down memory lane, we relive the experience with the same intensity as if we were physically there. How is it that the brain allow us, just by thinking about it, to feel the tropical sun and dream of Puerto Rico?

In December's issue of the prestigious scientific journal Learning and Memory three articles by Puerto Rican authors were published, and those articles address these mysteries of the human brain.

CienciaPR and El Nuevo Dia: A new network of boricua scientists

Submitted on 13 June 2006 - 9:46am

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CienciaPR established a collaboration with the Science section of El Nuevo Dia, to write articles featuring what our scientists do and how science affects our society. CienciaPR members talked to this newspaper about this collaboration and the initiatives of CAPRI and CienciaPR

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