CUBA

Una descarga eléctrica provocó el incendio en base de combustibles en Matanzas

No interrumpe el servicio de la Guiteras el tanque incendiado
Con el uso básicamente de agua y espuma, medios y fuerzas especializadas del Ministerio del Interior y las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias unieron esfuerzos para controlar y sofocar el fuego, que a su vez ocasionó una gran columna de humo, visible desde cualquier sitio de la pequeña urbe

Autor: Ventura de Jesús | ventura@granma.cu
5 de agosto de 2022 22:08:40
Incendio en Matanzas

Foto: TV YUMURI
Matanzas.- La Central Termoeléctrica Antonio Guiteras se mantiene en servicio. El tanque incendiado no tiene nada que ver con el bombeo de combustible hacia la planta.

Así informó a Granma Misbel Palmero Aguiar, director general de la Guiteras, transmiendo de esa manera tranquilidad a la ciudadanía preocupada por los posibles efectos de lo ocurrido hoy.

El impacto de una descarga eléctrica provocó este viernes un incendio en uno de los tanques de combustibles ubicados en la Base de Supertanqueros, en las afueras de Matanzas.

El depósito contenía unos 25 000 metros cúbicos de crudo nacional, alrededor del 50 por ciento de su capacidad máxima, cuando la intensidad del rayo golpeó la cúpula de la instalación, conocida como techo domo geodésico.

Foto: TV YUMURI
Para sofocar el incendio y evitar que las llamas alcanzaran otros recipientes similares situados en la zona, fueron necesarios medios y fuerzas especializadas del Ministerio del Interior y las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias.

También se acarreó agua desde la cercana bahía.

Se estima que la causa del incidente fue un fallo en el sistema pararrayos, que no pudo soportar la energía de la descarga eléctrica.

Cuba China

Cuba reaffirms its unreserved support to the “one China” principle

Cuba reaffirms its unreserved support to the “one China” principle
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Author: Granma | internet@granma.cu
august 3, 2022 10:08:10
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba states its firm rejection to the actions aimed at harming the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the People’s Republic of China; condemns interference in its internal affairs, and emphasizes its concern over the increasing tensions and further deterioration of the situation concerning Taiwan as a direct result of the aggressive policy and high military presence of the United States and its allies in the Taiwan Strait, military contacts and regular sale of weapons, actions all that undermine peace and international and regional peace.
New provocations, disguised as official contacts or high-level visits deliberately pose further dangers.
Cuba reaffirms its strict adherence to the “one China” principle and the acknowledgement of Taiwan as an inalienable part of the territory of that country.
The United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution 2758 adopted on October 25, 1971, recognized the Government of the People’s Republic of China as the true and sole legitimate representative of the Chinese people. Today, it has diplomatic relations with 181 countries based on the acknowledgement of the “one-China” principle.
The purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter and International Law must be respected without selectivity or double standards.
China’s key role as a factor for stability and international balance cannot be disregarded, nor the relevance of its cooperation with developing countries with no political conditions attached.
Havana, August 2, 2022

Cuban Pharmaceutical, Uncategorized

Cuban vaccine against lung cancer makes its way in the United States

Cuban vaccine against lung cancer makes its way in the United States
Cimavax-EGF, a Cuban therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer, conquers the scientific community and the population of the United States based on the achievements compiled in studies carried out.

Author: Granma | internet@granma.cu
july 27, 2022 11:07:50

Cimavax-EGF, a Cuban therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer, conquers the scientific community and the population of the United States based on the achievements compiled in studies carried out. The vaccine was obtained after more than two decades of research and have shown satisfactory results in patients in advanced stages of lung cancer.

The Cuban Center for Molecular Immunology (CIM) and the Roswell Park Cancer Research Center in Buffalo, in the United States of America, joined forces a few years ago to facilitate access to equipment and reagents in order to promote the development of the drug, reported Russia Today.

The creation of the only joint venture between Cuba and the United States, the Innovative Immunotherapy Alliance, a biotechnological company to insert the drug in the U.S. society, facilitated Cuba’s access to equipment and reagents which are very difficult to obtain due to the limitations of the coercive measure of the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the United States on the island, and the northern country can have access to a drug with excellent results and prospects.

Doctor Elia Neninger, who participated of in the clinical trials of the therapeutic vaccine from the beginning, assured the Russian TV station that the drug has two great advantages: few adverse reactions and a solution to lung cancer, which is a serious health problem in Cuba.

Deputy director of the Molecular Immunology Center Kalet León Monzón said that the patients who have received the vaccine are recovering from advanced tumor cancer and could have the prospect of survival in normal conditions in the very short term, according to Russia Today.

One of the beneficiaries of the vaccine, Miguel Creus, a patient who began to receive Cimavax 15 years ago, when the disease was in stage four and the vaccine was in clinical trials, assures that the drug has prolonged his life with a satisfactory state of health, and that at present he has no traces of tumors or symptoms of the disease.

Despite the effects of the economic blockade of the United States against Cuba, the collaboration between the two institutions continues and Cimavax overcomes the challenges. At present, there are clinical trials that combine this Cuban vaccine with other successful cancer treatments and their effects in high-risk people or patients in the initial stages of the disease are being studied.

According to some studies, lung cancer is the third most frequent cancer in the United States and the deadliest. This Cuban drug could be a promising relief, a good example of the benefits both nations would obtain if they had a normal relationship. (International News Office)

Translated by ESTI

Cuban Pharmaceutical

Cuba will begin clinical trials with drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease

Cuba will begin clinical trials with drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease
For the first time in Cuba, the patient will undergo a molecular and a clinical diagnosis for this disease.

Author: Gladys Leydis Ramos López | internet@granma.cu
july 20, 2022 11:07:49

Cuba will soon begin a Phase III clinical trial of NeuralCIM, the commercial name of NeuroEPO, the Cuban drug against Alzheimer’s disease, for which the classification of the patients who will participate in the study began in Havana

Although this preliminary screening does not mean the full start of the clinical trial, it is an important step to advance in the correct diagnosis of patients and in the identification of the population to be included, explained to the press Dr. Kalet León Monzón, first deputy director of the Center for Molecular Immunology (CIM).

Patients interested in being evaluated to be included in the clinical trial can request an appointment in the Medical-Surgical Research Center (CIMEQ), and the Salvador Allende, Manuel Fajardo and Hermanos Ameijeiras hospitals, and the Institute of Neurology.

Dr. Leslie Perez Ruiz, promoter of the Alzheimer clinical trial at the CIM, explained that there is currently a database of more than 400 patients, of which 371 are from Havana.

She stated that they have located 310 of the caregivers, who can call and are assigned an appointment for a consultation, which will identify whether the patient has a mild/moderate Alzheimer’s pattern.

According to Dr. Perez Ruiz, phase III of the study is likely to begin next September or October and seeks to evaluate the efficacy and safety of this nasal administration formulation.

In this regard, she explained that NeuralCIM will be compared with Donepezil, a drug approved since by the U.S. Drug Regulatory Agency the 1990s. Meanwhile, for the first time in Cuba, the patient will undergo a molecular and a clinical diagnosis for Alzheimer’s disease.

She said that a phase IV trial will be carried out in the rest of the country, in patients with mild/moderate phenotype of the disease (amnesic variant), and whose diagnosis will only be clinical.

Dr. Perez Ruiz also stated that the drug will be applied by the caregiver at home, who will be trained in the health institutions for the correct administration of NeuralCIM.

Translated by ESTI