Natural and Traditional Medicine

August 19, 2003
Agencia EFE
   Cuba Breeds Scorpions, Uses Poison to Make Cancer Drug -- The Cuban company Labiofam S.A. is combining scorpion venom with other natural substances to create a medicine that is used at Havana's Pedro Kouri Tropical Medical Institute to treat cancer patients.
 
August 19, 2003
Perspectives in Health Magazine
   Cuba's Jewel of Tropical Medicine -- The Pedro Kourí Institute, founded in 1937, has evolved into a world-class player in the global fight against tropical and infectious diseases. Inside the modern 10-building complex, the island's top medical scientists carry out research in more than a dozen fields, from biotechnology to treatment of HIV/AIDS.