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Eradicating One Species to Help Others: A Debate on Gene Editing to Control Pests and Disease Vectors

Eradicating One Species to Help Others: A Debate on Gene Editing to Control Pests and Disease Vectors

by Angie Schiera | Jun 23, 2025 | News

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...
From Uruguay: South America’s first obesity drug successfully completes initial human trial phase

From Uruguay: South America’s first obesity drug successfully completes initial human trial phase

by Rocío González | Jun 23, 2025 | News

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...
New Activity Book Aims to Highlight the Work of the IP Montevideo

New Activity Book Aims to Highlight the Work of the IP Montevideo

by Angie Schiera | Jun 23, 2025 | News

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;...
Advanced Bioimaging Unit opens new laboratory at the Hospital de Clínicas

Advanced Bioimaging Unit opens new laboratory at the Hospital de Clínicas

by Angie Schiera | Jun 23, 2025 | News

In a ceremony attended by around one hundred people—including Álvaro Villar, Director of the Hospital de Clínicas; University of the Republic (Udelar) authorities; and international experts—Leonel Malacrida, head of the Advanced Bioimaging Unit (UBA), presented the...
Uruguayan Scientific Discovery Challenges Global Understanding of RNA

Uruguayan Scientific Discovery Challenges Global Understanding of RNA

by Rocío González | May 26, 2025 | News

The study stems from the doctoral thesis of Mauricio Castellano and was co-supervised by Juan Pablo Tosar and Mercedes Segovia, all researchers at the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo and Udelar. Other contributors include scientists Valentina Blanco, Marco Li Calzi,...
Uruguayan Tick Vaccine Shows Positive Results and Will Soon Be Used in National Control Plan

Uruguayan Tick Vaccine Shows Positive Results and Will Soon Be Used in National Control Plan

by Sabrina | May 16, 2025 | News

The announcement was made during a breakfast event organized by the institute to bring decision-makers and government authorities closer to the scientific and innovation work it is carrying out. The promising vaccine is a development of Scaffold Biotech, a startup...
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