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Monday, January 26th, 2009Brazil’s Health Ministry is sponsoring Brazilian research that has led to the production of the first line of induced pluripotent stem cells. Pluripotent stem cells are able to transform into any cell type. They are similar to embryonic stem cells but do not need to be obtained from embryos. Brazil becomes the fifth (and the […]
World Breastfeeding Week 2008 in LAC / La Semana Mundial de la Lactancia Materna 2008 en ALC
Friday, August 1st, 2008From the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): Mother Support Maximizes Life-saving Benefits of Breastfeeding in all Countries of the Americas and the World Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a child’s life is the best and most cost-effective intervention to provide newborns with the nutrients they need, and to improve infant and children […]
If You Can’t Find It Here, You May Not Find It
Friday, February 1st, 2008Quite a few Temas Blog readers noticed the absence of new posts for several weeks. I was fully occupied with work day-and-night on the final stages of the total revamp and re-launch of my main site, temasactuales.com Although work continues on the Spanish and Portuguese versions (coming soon!), the burden has lightened enough that I […]
Welcome to the Temas Blog / Bienvenido al Blog de Temas / Bem-vindo ao Blog de Temas
Saturday, August 26th, 2006Welcome to the Temas Blog! My name is Keith Ripley. I am launching this blog for the same basic reason I originally launched my website, temasactuales.com — because I couldn’t find anything like it on the web. This blog will be devoted to a discussion of evolving law and policy on consumer protection, environmental protection […]