Fiocruz International News - May 2024

Fiocruz and Caring Cross announce agreement to CAR-T therapy in Brazil and Latin America

The collaboration, announced with the presence of Brazilian minister of Health, aims to develop local manufacturing of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell and stem cell gene therapies for oncology, infectious, and genetic diseases in Brazil, including CAR-T cell therapies for leukemia, lymphoma, and HIV infection

Foundation reinforces strategy against dengue with new phases of the Wolbachia project

The World Mosquito Program method, conducted in Brazil by Fiocruz, with funding from the Ministry of Health, is experiencing a period of expansion, with initiatives in Joinville, Foz do Iguaçu, Londrina, Rio and Belo Horizonte

Fiocruz historic complex is a candidate for UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Complex in Manguinhos, in Rio de Janeiro, is a candidate for World Heritage status by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The institution is now part of the tentative list of sites that can become Cultural, Natural and Mixed World Heritage Sites

Foundation joins new WHO network for global coronavirus surveillance

The Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses, Exanthematics, Enteroviruses and Viral Emergencies of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/ Fiocruz) is part of a new cooperation network to monitor the different types of coronavirus

Research shows gradual drop in fertility rates around the world

A study published in the The Lancet points out that, by the year 2100, only 6 (3%) out of 204 countries will have levels of births for sustainable population replacement. The paper analyzes data from 1950 to 2021

Study: Yanomamis from nine villages harassed by illegal mining are contaminated by mercury

The highest levels of exposure were detected in indigenous people living in the villages closest to the illegal gold mines in the Amazon. It increases the risk of illness among children, especially under the age of 5

Fiocruz-Pasteur course on bioproduction, intellectual property and technology transfer

In the auditorium of the Rocha Lima Pavilion, on the Manguinhos Campus in Rio de Janeiro, 11 foreign students and 7 students from different units of the Foundation discussed topics such as research, development and production

Fiocruz welcomes first lady Janja to open UN workshop on SDGs

Foundation hosted the Second Global Workshop for countries presenting Voluntary National Reviews, part of a series of meetings organized by the United Nations to draw up proposals to be taken to the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in July

Fiocruz and Sanofi sign memorandum for new collaborations in immunization

The document reaffirms the mutual interest in establishing further collaborations in the field of immunization. In January, the institutions signed a technology transfer agreement for the domestic production of the acellular hexavalent vaccine

Study seeks new treatments for schistosomiasis

Research from the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/ Fiocruz) in partnership with British institutions identified 35 small molecules capable of binding to a protein of 'Schistosoma mansoni' parasite; discovery opens the door to the development of new treatments

Fiocruz and Servier sign agreement for research on natural plants in oncology

Fiocruz, through the Institute of Drug Technology (Farmanguinhos/Fiocruz) and the René Rachou Institute (IRR/Fiocruz Minas), has signed a partnership agreement for research, development and innovation

Fiocruz Global Health Center (CRIS/ Fiocruz)