Fidel versus COVID-19 and beyond
Fidel began advocating the development of biotechnology, in the mid-1980s, insisting that the country would be a world power in medicine, despite the doubts of […]
Covid-19
End of Sanctions Is More Important Than Nobel Peace Prize for Its Doctors
by Ramona Wadi In recognition for the Cuban doctors’ efforts to aid nations across the world to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, there have been recommendations for […]
Cuba develops Effective Peptide Against COVID-19
This protein increases its concentration during viral infections and inflammatory processes. Cuba’s Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) developed the CIGB-258, a new protein […]
Itolizumab monoclonal antibody in the COVID-19 battle
Novel drug developed at Cuba’s Center for Molecular Immunology for the treatment of lymphomas and leukemia, now being used with COVID-19 patients In 2014 the […]
Cuba stands out 82 percent of covid-19 cases have recovered.
The Cuban doctors make the difference: zero deaths from COVID-19 over the last week. Cuba completed seven consecutive days on Wednesday without registering a death […]
Cuba sends medical brigade to Peru.
Among the Cuban briade are general doctors, psychiatrists, gynecologists, and other medical specialists. Cuba’s ambassador in Peru, Sergio Gonzalez, announced on May 17 the arrival of a […]
The challenge of Cuban doctors in Italy against the coronavirus
Neither the cold nor the language intimidated the young Cuban doctor Roberto Arias Hernández, who for two months has been part of the contingent of […]
Cuban Immunoassay Center achieves diagnostic system for Covid-19 in record time
The Immunoassay Center (CIE) of Cuba achieved in record time the assembly of an ELISA diagnostic system, based on SUMA technology, to detect antibodies generated […]
Heroic in word and deed The Cuban medical teams who volunteered to combat Ebola in West Africa truly lived up to that description, says BOB ORAM
THE word “heroes” is regularly used and abused, but never has it been more apt than when describing the Cuban volunteer doctors, nurses, technicians and […]
