Fiocruz International News - July 2024 - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz): Ciência e tecnologia em saúde para a população brasileira

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Bimonthly newsletter of the Fiocruz Global Health Center (Cris/Fiocruz)

July / 2024

Research in cancer immunotherapy and genomics wins Fiocruz Servier Award

Among the winners were two studies by A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, one on biomarkers of therapeutic response and another on massive sequencing technology, and one from the National Cancer Institute (Inca), with a research on how to boost the use of CAR-T cells and the immune response

Foundation launches its new graphic brand

The launch was part of the celebrations of Fiocruz's 124th anniversary. It is the result of eight years of work that mobilized designers, journalists, and other professionals and updates the institution's visual identity for the 21st century

Pasteur Fiocruz Center on Immunology and Immunotherapy is inaugurated in Ceará

The new center brings together scientists from both institutes to develop an integrative approach towards immunotherapies for infectious and non-communicable diseases. This scientific cooperation aims to accelerate the research at regional, national and international levels

Healthier Together series shows Foundation's work in the Network of Human Milk Banks

Presented by Fiocruz and produced for them by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions, the program has one of its films dedicated to the Global Network, an initiative that has the Foundation involved in its creation and expansion

Fiocruz and Sinovac announce cooperation in vaccine research and development

At a meeting with the Vice President of the Republic, Geraldo Alckmin, in Beijing, the Chinese company announced that would invest US$ 100 million in the development of cell therapy, vaccine production and monoclonal antibodies in Brazil

Meningitis transmitted by snails: case in the state of Rio de Janeiro raises alert

In epidemiological research work, the Oswaldo Cruz Institute confirmed the presence of the worm 'Angiostrongylus cantonensis', which causes eosinophilic meningitis, in snails collected in the municipality of Nova Iguaçu

2030 Agenda: International study assesses the evolution of 40 health indicators in Brazil and Ecuador

A partnership between researchers from the two countries and the United Kingdom resulted in an article that analyzes the evolution of indicators linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Fiocruz reinforces strategy against dengue with new phases of the Wolbachia Project

The method is experiencing a moment of expansion: the program in Joinville (SC), Foz do Iguaçu (PR) and Londrina (PR) enters a new phase with community engagement work, and the biofactory in Rio de Janeiro receives state-of-the-art equipment to scale up its production of Wolbito mosquitoes

British delegation visits Fiocruz to debate inovation

The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology director was at Manguinhos Campus ahead of the G20 Research and Innovation Working Group meeting. Adam Jackson came to learn about the institution's priorities and to identify potential areas for cooperation

Fiocruz units go to Angola and Mozambique to deepen partnerships

The delegation carried out a mission to the two countries for bilateral meetings and the work meeting of the Network of Public Health Schools of Portuguese Language Countries

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