China today approved the registration of the Cuban monoclonal antibody Nimotuzumab for the treatment of head and neck cancer, a new milestone in the biotechnological cooperation between both countries.
U.S. writer Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize winner for the fiction work "The Color Purple" (1983) and fighter for women's rights, reaffirmed here today the great affection she feels for Cuba.
Unveiling a bust of American novelist Langston Hughes in Old Havana, along with a delegation from the United States, this authoritative voice of world literature said that memories are powerful, referring to the tribute to the National Poet of Cuba, Nicolás Guillén.
During a meeting held at the Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C., Cubans living in the United States shared concerns and proposals to further strengthen ties with their nation.
The exchange was an extension of the recent dialogues that took place in Havana during the conference "The Nation and Emigration".
Those present called for the unity of the Cuban community living in the United States to fight for the development of the Caribbean nation, the elimination of the blockade and its removal from the terrorist list, taking into account the damage this represents for families.
The updating of fuel prices in Cuba and their commercialization in foreign currency in a selected network of servicenters, scheduled to begin this February 1, is postponed, due to a cybersecurity incident in the computer systems for commercialization, informed Cuba's deputy minister of Economy and Planning, Mildrey Granadillo.
"We ratify that the government's projections to correct distortions and boost the economy of 2024, will only be implemented if the conditions for this are created," she said in her intervention in Noticiero del Mediodía.
A phase III clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the nasal administration of NeuroEPO in adult patients with spinocerebellar ataxias is successfully developed in Cuba.
Cuba is the country in the world with the highest prevalence of Ataxia type sca2, at a rate of 36.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, although its frequency in the province of Holguin is 183 cases per 100,000 individuals, Granma newspaper reported.
Internationally, the incidence of this type of ataxia is three to five cases per 100,000 people.