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A close-up of a medical professional wearing blue gloves holding a syringe and a small vial labeled RSV Vaccine. The syringe is being filled with liquid from the vial. The background is green with a soft texture, creating a clean and professional medical setting.

Chilean RSV Vaccine to Begin Clinical Trials in Europe: Who Will Benefit?

The European Medicines Agency has approved a phase 2 clinical trial for the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccine, developed by Chilean researchers led by…

Scientist with mask handling a pipette.

Working on neglected diseases in Chile

In a column written by Dr. Luis Pizarro and Pedro Bouchon they explain the urgency for countries like ours to tackle Neglected Diseases and the advantage for…

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A painful public health problem

Over 10% of Chile's health care budget goes on treating chronic pain, which is the equivalent of the country's total yearly research investment, including…

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Ministry of Health and UC Chile's Study: CoronaVac Vaccine Effectively Prevents Coronavirus Infections

Published in one of the most prestigious medical journals globally, this is the first research that measures more than ten million people vaccinated under…

Faculty members Arturo Borzutzky, Carolina Iturriaga, and the researcher José Antonio Castro-Rodríguez.

Concord 19: The First Clinical Study Worldwide Starts in Chile to Stop Outbreaks of Covid-19

In the context of the international study "CONCORD-19" in Chile, faculty members of the UC School of Medicine will lead the follow-up process of more than 300…

Alexis Kalergis

The Vaccine Against Covid-19 Being “Made in Chile”

The world is frantically looking for a vaccine that will prevent infections of the novel coronavirus. Among the more than 100 research teams trying to develop…