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Prevención y diagnóstico del Síndrome Urémico Hemolítico en jardines

Prevención y diagnóstico del Síndrome Urémico Hemolítico en jardines

La Universidad participa de un proyecto interuniversitario dedicado a investigar y difundir en jardines de infantes de la provincia de Buenos Aires cómo se contagia la escherichia coli, bacteria que provoca la enfermedad de Síndrome Urémico Hemolítico que puede ser mortal en niños menores de cinco años. Mediante el proyecto, los investigadores brindan charlas de capacitación para prevenir la enfermedad y recolectan muestras de sangre, agua y alimentos.

Universidad Nacional de San Martín
May 20, 2013 - Medicine


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Treatment of Eye Diseases with Stem Cells

Treatment of Eye Diseases with Stem Cells

Allergies, severe dry eye, cornea erosions, infectious and non-infectious corneal ulcers and other diseases could be treated with stem cells implants. A team of researchers works to extract adult stem cells from the mouth mucus to implant them in the ill eye and in the development of a serum elaborated with the patient’s blood to treat different vision diseases.

Universidad Nacional de Rosario
May 13, 2013 - Medicine


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Efficient and Economic Method to Purify Erythropoietin, a Therapeutic Hormone

Efficient and Economic Method to Purify Erythropoietin, a Therapeutic Hormone

A procedure developed by researchers from different universities could simplify the stage of human erythropoietin purification (EPO rh). Its use took patients to require fewer transfusions and consequently to be less exposed to the inconvenient implied in receiving blood from donors.

Universidad de Buenos Aires
April 22, 2013 - Medicine


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Manuel Cancio Meliá: “Not All Psychopaths are Criminals”

Manuel Cancio Meliá: “Not All Psychopaths are Criminals”

An anatomic-functional basis was discovered for the existence of psychopathy. The methods emerged in the last years opened the possibility of knowing better some aspects of human nature. This means that the contributions of neurosciences can affect the theoretical basis of the legal order and influence the evolution of what is understood as punishment in modern societies. In a dialogue with Argentina Investiga, the Mexican specialist in Criminal Law and Doctor Honoris Cause of the UNC, Cancio Meliá, explains this new paradigm.

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
April 01, 2013 - Medicine


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Simultaneous and Quick Detection of Pathogenic Agents in Food

Simultaneous and Quick Detection of Pathogenic Agents in Food

The detection of alimentary transmission bacteria through the development of quick techniques is the work carried out by researchers from different national universities. They have already achieved the simultaneous detection of two of the three pathogenic agents studied -Salmonella, Campylobacter and Escherichia coli O157-, which have a great incidence in diseases of Argentina’s northeast.

Universidad Nacional del Nordeste
March 25, 2013 - Medicine


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Research to Know the Effects of Latitude in Women’s Mood

Research to Know the Effects of Latitude in Women’s Mood

A research group from the Academic Unit Río Gallegos of the UNPA wants to know if the inhabitants between 20 and 40 years of the capital of the province of Santa Cruz are seriously affected by long winter nights, constant cold, cloudiness and strong winds.

Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral
March 18, 2013 - Medicine


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Consequences of Saturated Fat Diets in Male Fertility

Consequences of Saturated Fat Diets in Male Fertility

A research analyzes the damaging effects of mal nutrition in sperm producing tissues. According to the studies, spermatozoids are affected in different levels: their shape and function is altered, among others, due to the fact that the tissues which produce them can accumulate fat.

Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
March 04, 2013 - Medicine


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The 35% of High School Students in San Luis Consumes Tobacco

The 35% of High School Students in San Luis Consumes Tobacco

The percentage emerges from a work carried out by researchers and advanced students of Pharmacy and Biochemistry. They surveyed 4,000 high school students in the city and created prevention workshops in the schools to contribute arguments which orient Young people towards a free and conscious choice regarding this topic, due to the fact that they represent one of the main risk groups facing the addiction.

Universidad Nacional de San Luis
February 25, 2013 - Medicine


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Prevention to Fight Diseases Transmitted by Animals

Prevention to Fight Diseases Transmitted by Animals

Hemolytic uremic syndrome, toxoplasmosis, rabies, trichinosis and Chagas disease are some of the most common zoonotic diseases. Specialists ensure that some simple routines and practices are enough to combat them with high chances of success. Researchers carry out a diffusion project in schools, by means of which they recommend hygiene habits and the responsible care of animals, among the keys.

Universidad Nacional del Sur
February 18, 2013 - Medicine


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Zinc Deficit in the Fetus might cause Severe Damage in Adulthood

Zinc Deficit in the Fetus might cause Severe Damage in Adulthood

The lack of zinc in the diet during fetal life and breastfeeding period, even when it is moderate, causes heart damage, induces to the increase of blood pressure and alters the kidneys function in adulthood. This is shown by the results of experimental studies carried out in rats by a team of researchers.

Universidad de Buenos Aires
February 04, 2013 - Medicine


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Mortality in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

Mortality in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

At the end of 2011 the Mortality Atlas of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires was printed. It was made by researchers, technicians and statisticians. It covers a period which goes from 1990 to 2008 and analyzes the distribution and death causes and its distribution in the temporal tendency. The Atlas is very useful to develop public policies and new investigations in the area.

Universidad Nacional de Lanús
January 28, 2013 - Medicine


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Teachers and Students deal with Unattended Diseases in Rural Schools

Teachers and Students deal with Unattended Diseases in Rural Schools

Professionals and advanced students of Pharmacy and Biochemistry work in rural schools were they identify and treat skin affections and diseases caused by parasites. The distances which separate villages from health centers and the lack of hygiene as a consequence of the difficulty of having access to fresh water are the causes of diseases such as Chagas disease and hydatidosis which the professionals treated in school communities.

Universidad Nacional de San Luis
December 31, 2012 - Medicine


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Yacon Diet Bars with high content of Fiber

Yacon Diet Bars with high content of Fiber

With yacon, a plant grown in the Andes used by pre-Columbian societies and spread by the Inca’s culture, researchers elaborated a diet bar with a high content of fibers, low carbohydrates and good taste. Regarding cereal commercial bars, the new product has lower content of carbohydrates and a higher proportion of dietary fiber.

Universidad Nacional de Salta
December 17, 2012 - Medicine


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Clover: A Long-lasting and Hemocompatible Heart Valve

Clover: A Long-lasting and Hemocompatible Heart Valve

The ideal or “desirable”, long-lasting and hemocompatible cardiac valve has been developed by a team of researchers and scientists from diverse disciplines. The valves currently used present problems which go from the need to replace them in a certain time, up to the generation of blood clots. The development is overcoming, as it decreases the possibility of clots formation and it is made of a new hemocompatible material.

Universidad Nacional de Misiones
December 10, 2012 - Medicine


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Development of an Antibody which Prevents Hemorrhagic Fever Virus

Development of an Antibody which Prevents Hemorrhagic Fever Virus

An interdisciplinary team of researchers identified a monoclonal antibody which prevents the entering of the virus which causes Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever (FHA in Spanish) and other South American hemorrhagic fevers in human cells. The antibody developed is a protein which has a human part and a mouse part and whose presence inhibits the hemorrhagic fever virus’ capacity of infecting human cells.

Universidad de Buenos Aires
October 08, 2012 - Medicine


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