Panamanian scientist awarded for malaria treatment research

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Panamanian scientist awarded for malaria treatment research

Mon, 12/10/2018 - 18:42

Panamanian scientist Lorena Coronado was awarded the L'Oréal-UNESCO for women in science 2018 award for her research into a non-invasive treatment against malaria, a disease that causes more than one million deaths worldwide each year, an official source reported today.

Coronado won with the project "Design and testing of in vitro applicators for the use of electromagnetic energy against the malaria parasite", and will receive $ 10,000 to develop it, the Panamanian National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation (Senacyt) said Monday.

The Senacyt explained in a public statement that Coronado's project, which is a PhD in Biotechnology at the Acharya Nagarjuna University (India)," proposes designing and standardizing a non-invasive device that does not require the use of drugs, but electromagnetic energy, for the treatment of malaria."

The Senacyt stressed that the treatment of protozoan parasites, as the cause of malaria, remains a global challenge, causing more than one million deaths annually.

The national secretary of the Senacyt, Jorge A. Motta, said that with this award, the institution "seeks to recognize the determining role of women in the sciences for the development of research that promotes the economic, social and cultural progress of the countries".

The L'Oréal-UNESCO for women in science 2018 award is an initiative supported by the Senacyt, which emerged within the framework of the international program L'Oréal-UNESCO "For Women in Science", which has already rewarded the work of more than 2,000 women scientists in some 115 countries, official information indicated.

In the first edition of the award in 2017, 11 applications were received and two projects on Biological Sciences were awarded, being the winners the doctors Maria Beatriz Carreira and Laura Patiño.

 

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