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Report highlights Puerto Rico's role in the bioscience industry

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Puerto Rico has a large, diverse and highly specialized bioscience industry according to the Batelle/BIO report released at BIO 2014 Conference, the largest international biotechnology conference, held in San Diego, CA this week.

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Puerto Rico still attractive to pharmaceuticals

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Marie Custodio Collazo / mcustodio@elnuevodia.com

Puerto Rico is still an important manufacturing center for pharmaceuticals according to Pharmaceuticals Industry Association. 

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Puerto Rican scientists featured in Physics journal

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The scientific journal Physics Today, has recently featured an article about research conducted at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.

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Exotic species threaten natural ecosystems in Puerto Rico

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León / galvarado@elnuevodia.com

Several species of exotic animals have been introduced to the Puerto Rican ecosystems. Unfortunately these species are threatemning the wild life and the natural ecosystems in the Island.

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Record of leatherback turtle nests

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Marga Parés Arroyo / Mpares@elnuevodia.com

This year, 1681 nests of leatherback turtles have been reported around the coasts of Puerto Rico.

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Medical treatments react to differences in DNA

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This article discusses how mutations in the DNA of different ethnic groups can affect the response to drug treatments.

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Puerto Rican contributions to astronomy highlighted by Physics Today

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The magazine Physics Today recently highlighted the research of Dr. Sixto González at the Arecibo Radiotelescope and the contributions of late Dr. Víctor Blanco, after whom the telescope in Cerro Tololo, Chile is named.

 

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New species of lichens discovered in El Yunque

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Scientists have discovered two new genus and 12 species of lichens at El Yunque National Forest.

 

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Puerto Rico's giant milipedes

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Puerto Rican scientist Jorge Santiago Blay, who works at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., offered a talk about the giant milipedes of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

During his talk he addressed the ecological importance of these animals and some common unfounded fears of them among the population.

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Kingbird "Pitirre": emblematic bird

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Raúl A. Pérez-Rivera

This article discusses the Tyrannus dominicensis specie.

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The author is a professor at the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao.

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