Feasibility of Building a Biotech Industry

The performance of Cuban biotechnology from 2008 to 2021 has shown a growing pipeline of valuable biomedical solutions. As the transformation of this sector into an industrial group has changed its R&D productivity and bio manufacturing capacity, we summarize here the results of R&D projects with impact on public health, constraints found in Cuba, lessons, and opportunities to develop this science-based industry in developing countries

Comparacion de las tecnicas de coloracion para bacilos acido alcohol resistentes. / Comparison of staining technics for acid-fast bacilli

Se compararon los resultados obtenidos mediante las tecnicas de coloracion de Ziehl-Neelsen y de fluorescencia, con el metodo citoquimico de Nyka-Harada en 207 baciloscopias directas de esputo en un estudio efectuado en pacientes con diagnostico presuntivo de tuberculosis pulmonar.Los mismos indicaron que este mismo metodo proporciona un numero mayor de positivos (en este caso 8,7%) que el de Ziehl-Neelsen y es comparable al de fluorescencia