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• 02 / 09 / 2010

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Experts from the National Scientific Research Center (CENIC) have developed a product from the royal palm to treat the benign prostatic hyperplasia or hypertrophy, said CENIC Director, Doctor Carlos Gutiérrez.

During a meeting with colleagues from Santiago de Cuba, Gutiérrez highlighted the favorable results achieved with the royal palm, which is patented already and is undergoing clinical trials, as one of the latest contributions of the center, inaugurated by Fidel Castro in July 1965 and turned into a precursor of Cuban scientific development.

The expert added that in these 45 years, efforts have been oriented to illnesses of high prevalence, with vaccines against cholera and whooping cough, as well as preparations for diagnosis, eye and bone implants, uropathies, gastrointestinal ailments and maxillofacial surgery.

He stressed that CENIC has been the headquarters for seven research centers and is a human resource-training facility, boasting a staff with a very high scientific level.

Source: PL