These changes may affect essential processes for plant growth, including microbial carbon recycling—a process that occurs when soil bacteria and fungi die and their remains are transformed into organic compounds that enhance carbon capture and storage in the soil. In...
Published in The FEBS Journal, the research demonstrated that this parasite is capable of infecting and multiplying within the testes and the epididymis—a coiled tube attached to each testis that stores and transports sperm—causing cellular damage, inflammation, and...
The event featured 48 posters and 15 oral presentations by young scientists working at the institute. Irene Ferreiro and Mauricio Castellano were awarded the prize for Best Oral Presentation. Meanwhile, Victoria Núñez-Barón, Saira Cancela, Jonathan Bastidas, Sofía...
One of the cases discussed is the New World screwworm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax), a parasitic insect in the Americas that primarily affects livestock but also harms wildlife and humans. Fresia, who began working on this species in 2003 during his master’s...
In a groundbreaking achievement for Uruguay and South America, the first drug developed entirely within the country has successfully completed its initial phase of human trials, showing promising results for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes. The results...
The event featured Hellen Daghero, researcher at the Cell Biology Laboratory of the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo; Tatiana Mesa, the book’s illustrator; Sabrina Cittadino and Daniela Hirschfeld, members of the institute’s Communications Unit and creators of the book;...
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