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Zika virus, mosquitos and climate change: A possible equation

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First dengue, then chikungunya, and now zika, all viruses caused by the same mosquito... Why does the proliferation of these insects continue to rise in Puerto Rico and the World? For the geographist, José Seguinot, this is due to their ability to adapt to their environment and might be related to climate change.

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RCM creates app to make better nutritional choices

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A group of researchers from the Medical Science Campus at the University of Puerto Rico is going to launch NutriCart, a mobile app designed to help people make healthier and more convenient decisions when you are grocery shopping. 

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UPR - Medical Science Campus will offer a specialized Cancer course

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40 students, interested in a career in cancer research and treatment, will benefit from the collaborative initiative between the Comprenhensive Cancer Center at UPR and the MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas. 

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MSC at UPR obtains 12.2 millions for scientific research

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The Center for Primate Investigations of the Carribean (CRPC) and the Medical Science Campus from the University of Puerto Rico (RCM), received 12.2 million dollars for scientific research from the NIH to be used in the next 5 years.

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School of Pharmacy from RCM collaborates with Panamá

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The School of Pharmacy at the Medical Science Campus from the University of Puerto RIco and the Pharmacy Faculty of the University of Panama, began a collaboration in order to benefit students and professors. This collaboration will allow the exchange of professors and students, as well as the development of seminars, cultural activities, publications, research opportunities and professional development events between both Universities.
 

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Medical Sciences and Yale Collaborate to Develop Puertorrican Scientists

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With the purpose of training the next generation of scientists from Puerto Rico and providing more tools and resources for the development of research proyects that will create the neccesary conditions to avoid the escape of talent from the Island, the Puerto Rico Clinical & Translational Research Consortium (PRCTRC), adscribed to the Medical Sciences Campus (RCM) of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), started a collabortion with the Yale Clinical Center for Investigations (YCCI) of the University of Yale.

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University of Puerto Rico investigates: How to produce Omega 3 in the laboratory

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RONALD ÁVILA CLAUDIO

According to Dr. Abel Baerga, Professor at the Medical Sciences Campus from the University of Puerto Rico, human beings have been overfishing the oceans leading to a decrease in the principal source of Omega 3, a bacteria that resides inside those fish. For this reason, his laboratory investigates the Biosynthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids in marine bacteria, with the purpose of reproducing the compound in a different bacteria with the capacity to be grown in the lab.

 

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Students present innovative pharmacy business plans

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A group of 42 students from the University of Puerto Rico at Medical Sciences Campus (School of Pharmacy) presented innovative pharmacy business plans to integrate the patients' health as the principal focus. 

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Scientists will use treatments to prevent Alzheimer's disease

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Scientists at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus will use 3 different treatments to prevent Alzheimer's disease.

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UPR student characterized neuronal circuit associated with mental disorders

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Marlean Montesino Cartagena, student at the University of Puerto Rico- Medical Science Campus, characterized the neuronal circuit associated with fear conditioning under the guidance of Dr. Gregory Quirk.

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