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Wuhan seafood market may not be source of novel virus spreading globally

As confirmed cases of a novel virus surge around the world with worrisome speed, all eyes have so far focused on a seafood market in Wuhan, China, as the origin of the outbreak. But a description of the first clinical cases published in The Lancet on Friday challenges that hypothesis. (source: sciencemag.org)

Guided Tour at IHU BioLaB

An interesting visit took place at the International Hellenic University/Διεθνές Πανεπιστήμιο της Ελλάδος Thermi campus on 13/02 within the framework of the kick-off meeting of the Erasmus+ KA2 Capacity Building Project “MechaUz”, in which I.H.U. is the Coordinator. University representatives from Uzbekistan, Latvia, Lithuania and Portugal and representatives from CEERC were present at the guided tour at […]

Environmental degradation in the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique caused by the intensive use of insecticide chlordecone in banana plantations

by Maria Andrielou, VIO Chemicals AG Guadeloupe and Martinique, situated in the West Indies of the eastern Caribbean Sea, were declared as overseas departments of France in 1946. Unlike Martinique, which is considered as a single department, Guadeloupe is an archipelago consisting of six inhabited islands, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the Îles des […]