Famed “BODIES… The Exhibition” in Lima through September

The breathtaking and fascinating “BODIES…The Exhibition” – a phenomenal exhibit of the amazing and complex machine we call the human body – will be open at Lima’s Plaza Camacho until September 5. The exhibition, which features real human specimens that have been preserved against decay, allows people access to sights and knowledge usually reserved only [...]

Centimeter-long pygmy frog discovered in Peru’s Manu National Park

Peruvian and German herpetologists have discovered one of the world’s smallest frogs – and the smallest amphibian yet known to the Andes – in Peru’s National Manu Park, located in the departments of Cuzco and Madre de Dios, daily El Comercio reported Wednesday. The full story on the frogs can be found on WildlifeExtra.com. Because [...]

First TB treatment center to be built in northern city of Trujillo

A modern health center designed to attend to patients suffering from tuberculosis will be constructed in the northern coastal city of Trujillo, daily El Comercio reported. “We’re building a modern center, with the region’s money, but also with the help of an institution such as CARE, who decided to offer us 670,000 soles, or $209,000, [...]

Peru’s Cayetano Heredia University to be equipped with Latin America’s first molecular biology laboratory

Peru’s Cayetano Heredia University will be equipped with Latin America’s first molecular biology laboratory, to find treatments for complex health problems such as multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, reported daily 24horaslibre on Tuesday. Thanks to the University of California’s help, said Daniel Guerra, director of the Cayetano Heredia University’s laboratory, we will now be equipped with state-of-the-art optical [...]

Peru makes first launch of satellite-controlled robotic glider submarine

More than a year after a magnitude-8 earthquake rocked southern Peru, a team of Peruvian and French scientists launched a satellite-controlled robotic glider submarine Thursday off the coast of Pisco to study the deep ocean floor. Glider submarines, a barely decade-old technology, are autonomous underwater vehicles that can swoop and soar deep beneath the ocean [...]

Scientists create World’s first test-tube alpaca

Scientists at the National Agrarian University have created the World’s first “test-tube” alpaca embryo in an attempt to protect the South American camelid’s biodiversity and improve its productivity by controlling reproduction. The three-year study was led by the Agrarian University’s Center for Investigation and Education on the Transfer of Embryos, Ciete, with support from Peru’s [...]