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A group of Cuban specialists has found unprecedented personal annotations on a wall by the U.S. writer Ernest Hemingway, who lived for 21 years in the Finca Vigía, Havana, according to several Cuban media.

The malformation is consequence of alterations in the chromosomes, but it will not impede the birds normal growth

Young Cuban researchers, technicians and students received recognition for their scientific work.Forty-five young researchers, technicians and students were presented on Saturday with the annual prize granted by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA), the Academy of Science, the National Union of Science Workers and the Young Technical Brigades (BTJ).

The endokeratoplasty technique for corneal transplant, a complex surgery that has been successfully carried out on twelve people who suffered from serious corneal dystrophies

Researchers of the Cuban National Bio-preparation Center are involved in the making of a compound to counteract proliferation of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, transmitter of the dengue, reported Prensa Latina news agency.

A Cuban candidate vaccine against prostate cancer, produced by the Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center in this province, has entered its first clinical testing stage with promising results, according to preliminary evaluations.

A group of scientists working at the Experimental Station of Pasture and Fodder in this province presented a brochure on how to control marabu growing, which affects more than 51 percent of the agricultural area in this province.

The central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus gets ready for the industrial production of the marble extracted from Cariblanca quarry in the local municipality of Fomento.

Autotransplant of adult stem cells, from the same patient, to treat critical lower limb ischemia has been one of the most important medical achievements in Cuba recently awarded with the Dionisio Daza y Chacon prize granted by the Spanish Magazine of Surgical Research as the best paper published in 2007.

Fossils of the Pleistocene Epoch were found by Cuban speleologists in the Boquerones cave system, northeast of Ciego de Avila province.

The project, which includes all patients requiring the action of the medication, will be implemented in all major hospitals in the eastern territory over the next six months.

During last year the work of the Office for the Integral Development of Guanahacabibes Peninsula was mainly directed to the creation of the necessary conditions to develop nature tourism in the region, taking into account its attractive flora, fauna and sea.

The group is made up of researchers from Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and Cuba. The association found the support of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), other international institutions, plus Canada, Britain and Germany.