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21/06/2019 | Noticias

Transmitter biobrick: biological modules that send information to the cell
A group of CONICET scientists discovered the operating mechanism of sensory proteins that are located in the cellular outer membrane and allows the cell to communicate with its surroundings. The study was conducted by the group of the Reverse Bioengineering Laboratory of the faculty of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (UNR). It was led...

18/06/2019 | Noticias

Scientists discover a mechanism involved in the expansion processes of renal carcinoma
Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that affects 1 in 36,000 people. The mutation of a gene, called VHL, predisposes the person to the development of multiple tumors and cysts throughout his or her life. While most are benign, one is malignant and is the leading cause of death among these patients: renal cell...

14/06/2019 | Noticias

CONICET participated in the annual meeting of the Global Research Council
Last month, in São Paulo, the eighth edition of the annual meeting of the Global Research Council (GRC) took place. It was organized by the Foundation for Support to Research of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP in Portuguese), the German Society of Research (DFG in German) and the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). About...

13/06/2019 | Noticias

The ‘Food Safety Network’ collaborates to reduce mercury in the world
Argentina has adhered to the Minamata Agreement on Mercury with the National Law N°27,356. The accord seeks to protect human health and the environment from the harmful effects of mercury and its compounds. The Agreement -which came into effect on August 2017- aims to focus on this metal that has natural origin, daily use worldwide, and is...

12/06/2019 | Noticias

Microplastics: invisible threat of the seas
Bottles, bags, containers, plastic wrap and packaging scattered are part of the current landscape of beaches, parks, mountains. Despite some isolated measures, the use of this material is very frequent in our culture, which also promotes disposable material. “Plastic is very used because it is cheap, light and easy to produce. However, it is...

07/06/2019 | Noticias

Vetusodon elikhulu: when the old has something modern
It lived more than 251 million years ago during the Late Permian, in the South African Karoo Basin and, just like any other cynodont, it seemed to have "dog teeth". It was baptized with the name of Vetusodon elikhulu by CONICET researchers Fernando Abdala and Leandro Gaetano, and their colleagues from South Africa, Roger Smith and Bruce Rubidge,...

05/06/2019 | Noticias

CONICET researcher was appointed as Scientific Ambassador of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Dr. Carlos R. Pungitore is an associate researcher of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) at the ‘Research Institute of Chemical Technology’ (INTEQUI-CONICET), and works as an associate professor at the National University of the National University of San Luis (UNSL). He has recently been appointed as Scientific...

31/05/2019 | Noticias

CONICET researchers find new aspects of insulin secretion
It is possible to state that there are two findings in one: the first one, the result of the specific search conducted by the scientists, and the second, totally unexpected. Researchers of the Group of Structural Biology and National University of Quilmes (GBEyB, UNQ) linked to the Multidisciplinary Institute of Cell Biology (IMBICE,...

31/05/2019 | Noticias

New study identifies key components of the immune system to succeed in cancer immunotherapy
The international research team who conducted the study comprises scientists from the Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine (IBYME, CONICET), the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), the Pasteur Institute of Montevideo, the Faculty of Medicine of The University of the Republic of Uruguay(UdelaR) and the National Institute of Health and...

23/05/2019 | Noticias

Carlos Argüelles was awarded by the Gravity Research Foundation
CONICET researcher at the Institute of Astrophysics of La Plata (IALP, CONICET-UNLP), Carlos Argüelles, was awarded with one of the five annual awards on gravitation phenomenon by the Gravity Research Foundation (GRF). Since 1949, this leading American institution has given this award that to recognized scientists like physicist Stephen Hawking...