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24/02/2014 | Divulgación científica

Argentine scientists, pioneers in the implementation of superselective intraocular chemotherapy
An interdisciplinary team of scientists from different institutions and specializations managed to develop and apply in Argentina a superselective infusion technique of intraocular chemotherapy for treatment of advanced retinoblastoma. The availability of this therapy at the J.P. Garrahan Pediatric Hospital makes it the third institute worldwide...

24/02/2014 | Divulgación científica

Five key features of Marine Protected Areas were identified
According to the resolution 65/161 of the United Nations, the period 2011-2020 was declared the United Nation Decade on Biodiversity. On this account, it is important to monitor different species that inhabit the seas and oceans of the planet for preservation and a sustainable exploitation of fish stock without undermining the populations. A...

11/02/2014 | Noticias

The Puerto Deseado Oceanographic Vessel completed the first phase of its campaign
On February 3rd concluded the first phase of the oceanographic campaign (included in the Annual Antarctic Plan) jointly developed between the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), the National Direction of the Antarctic (DNA) and the Argentine Hydrographic Service (SHN). Juan Martín Díaz de Astarloa, senior researcher at...

07/02/2014 | Divulgación científica

Scientists prove that reducing the expression of a protein in the liver might attenuate liver fibrosis
Guillermo Mazzolini Rizzo, hepatologist and CONICET independent researcher at the Gene Therapy Laboratory of the School of Biomedical Sciences of the Austral University in Buenos Aires, has been studying for ten years the role of the osteonectin protein, or SPARC, in the hepatic fibrosis, a process that progressively replaces the hepatic tissue...

28/01/2014 | Noticias

The Coriolis II research vessel will conduct a comprehensive study of the San Jorge Gulf
On January 27th, the Coriolis II vessel is departing towards San Jorge Gulf where the ship will start its first oceanographic campaign. The mission will be carried out jointly between the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, the University of Quebec (Canada)...

22/01/2014 | Divulgación científica

A CONICET researcher participated in the elaboration of the Atlas of Indigenous Peoples
Census data, description of the places they inhabit, myths, customs and research on the communities conducted by prestigious scientists are part of the information the Atlas provides. Sebastián Valverde, CONICET assistant researcher at the Social Anthropology Area of the Anthropological Sciences Institute (UBA-CONICET), affirms that “this...

16/01/2014 | Divulgación científica

CONICET scientists collaborated on a study on the origins of the domestic dog
The geographic and temporary origins of the canids’ domestication have aroused controversy in the scientific field. Although there are hypotheses that support the fact that this process initiated 15.000 years ago in the east of Asia, the results of a recent study - where Argentine researchers participated - indicate that the process would have...

15/01/2014 | Divulgación científica

With more than 50 researchers on board, the Puerto Deseado Oceanographic Vessel departed
For three months, more than 50 researchers, fellows and support staff will carry out scientific research on the Puerto Deseado Oceanographic research Vessel (BOPD) in the Patagonian and Antarctic area. This campaign, in Antarctic waters, is a scientific activity (included in the Antarctic Annual Plan) that is developed jointly between the National...

30/12/2013 | Divulgación científica

Ubiquitin: everywhere and in every process
It is estimated that approximately 40 thousand proteins are expressed in each cell of the human body. Nevertheless, there is one protein that attracts the interest of researchers and pharmaceutical companies: Ubiquitin. “By the end of the 70s, it was found that this small molecule of 76 amino acids had a fundamental role in the degradation and...

19/12/2013 | Divulgación científica

Descifrando el código genético de la diversidad animal
Por Marcelo Rubinstein* Un problema central de la Biología, desde tiempos de Mendel y Darwin, es poder explicar el origen de la casi infinita variedad del reino animal y entender, por caso, cómo un reno, un lobo marino y un zorro son en apariencia tan diferentes a pesar de estar formados por esencialmente los mismos componentes. En 1975...