Dr.Cardona, winner of the newspaper Regio7-TVM popular contest

Yes. The newspaper Regio 7 and TVM opened its popular contest in which the readers votefor the candidates proposed by their correspondant board. Without notice, Dr. Cardona has found himself proposed and winner of the prize Estrella (star). In these tough times for everyone, it is highly satisfying that Cardona, but by extension all science, has ben awarded. A thought to be taken into account by politicians, people DO care for research and I+D more than do for silly things in which lots of money are spent.
The prizes will be given in a ceremony tomorrow, wednesday, in Manresa. Do you want to read more? Click here

Do you remember the tv documentary on RUTI? NOW, IN ENGLISH

At least a little bit of it, to be seen in youtube. Dr. cardona running, explaining his working process, and finally the beginnings of the idea of RUTI. Are you curious? Here you are the link
ENJOY!!

“I AM Darth Vader” (Cardona in one of his conferences on the Dark Side)

Long time no see! But we have a good excuse, Dr. Cardona moving around spreading his new theory about the Dark Side. Spring has come, but metaphorically the winter is still here, funds lacking everywhere. Still, good science is done all around the world and good papers are still being published. But research groups are nowadays asked for being economically autosufficient and scientists evaluated for their patents.

And to get a patent you need a good idea, but also money.

The Dark Side (by Dr. Cardona) are the bussiness people able to give you the money needed, at a cost, obviously.

You have to contact them.

You’ll have to deal with them.

To come to an agreement with them.

Are you strong enough?

From the UTE we think this agreement is important to make the scientists stronger, wealthier, and we encourage you: they are the bad ones, but still not that bad (and you need them).

Do you want to read more?

• the summary of Dr. Cardona’s conference at the Idibell (in english)
• the newspaper article on Dr. Cardona’s conference in Manresa 20120427_PJCardona_Lluvià

Thank you students! MEDIVISE has born to help TB patients

Youth is power, specially if wants to help, collaborate, act, react, be active. A new example of that (another one) is that 4 college students from TUFTS University have invented MEDIVISE to help TB patients. Worried about one of your patients not taking the treatment? DOTS are great but what if you had the power of internet on your side? Each day, Medivise sends you a text message reminding you of which medications you need to take. And besides the usefulness, these young guys wanting to help, don’t you think it’s wonderful? The Medivise group has been selected as one of 10 teams to move into the final round of the Imagination Cup, after which point they’re hoping to find the resources to run clinical trials and eventually deploy this around the world. Will they win? WE BET ON THEM!

Read the whole article here! (hey! short note for its author: we  LOVED the idea to change the name Tuberculosis for Terriberculosis)

Incrementing cooperation funds will be good for developed countries

Especially for Spain, which has high rates of TB among the European Country, together with Portugal. We do not have to say it and say it and say it again: TB does not know about frontieres, borders, does not understand about social classes, people travel a lot! and mix all together in many many places and circumstances. How to identify who is in risk, how to exclude who is not? How to cope then with the spread of the disease? how to curtail its dissemination? You know it already, investing today in fighting the disease, improving the diagnose and the treatment will represent a long term profit to the whole world. Then, shouldn’t we invest in cooperation? That is what the following article claims, please read it here (in spanish)!

World TB day: let’s protect childhood

Children of today are our future, childhood to be protected as much as possible. And yet, children are the more vulnerable population when talking about poverty and diseases.

Often misdiagnosed, TB in children kills two hundred children die from TB every day, yet it would cost only 3 US cents a day to prevent an infected child to get ill and only 50 US cents to treat the disease. Childhood TB is a hidden epidemic, as claims WHO. They get ill, but also they suffer of the strikes of their parents suffering the disease, even dying from it. TB was responsible for 10 million orphans in 2009.

WHO and the Stop TB Partnership have released an article and a brochure to explain these facts and the key actions needed to improve TB care and prevent TB deaths in children. Do you want to read the brochure? click here

Just two days left to celebrate World TB Day, we also want to tell you: REMEMBER CHILDREN OF TODAY ARE OUR FUTURE, LET’S PROTECT AND CHERISH THEM. MAKE YOUR WISHES FOR THE YEARS TO COME, CAN WE IMAGINE A FUTURE WITHOUT TB? AND CAN WE WORK TOGETHER TO GET IT? TO BELIEVE IS THE START!

(happy World TB day!)

Like Opera? Know La Bohème? Preparing the World TB Day in Barcelona

Book your agendas, the World TB Day is approaching, and events and flourishing everywhere. Will you be in Barcelona? The City Council, the UITB, the ECDC and the Public Health Agency have organized a 2-hours event at the COMB to commemorate the day in which Pr.Koch told the scientific community he had discovered the bacillus causing Tuberculosis. The programme includes few talks to point out several problems still in vogue, plus the contribution of the soprano Maria Miró (Ricardo Estrada at the piano), singing 2 pieces of La Bohème. Do you want to assist? Do no hesitate! click here!