Imperial Valley News Center
Re-Establishment of Diplomatic Relations With Cuba
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Washington, DC - President Obama announced on July 1, 2015, the historic decision to re-establish diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States of America, effective July 20. The U.S. Department of State also notified Congress of its intent to convert the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Cuba to U.S. Embassy Havana, effective on the same date. These are important steps in implementing the new direction in U.S.-Cuba relations announced by President Obama on December 17, 2014.
Appointment of Thomas Perriello as Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa
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Washington, DC - Secretary of State John Kerry: "I am pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Perriello as the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa.
On the Occasion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 80th Birthday
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Washington, DC - Secretary of State John Kerry: "I am pleased to extend warm wishes to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the occasion of his 80th birthday on July 6.
UCLA patient is first to receive successful heart transplant after using experimental 50cc Total Artificial Heart
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Los Angeles, California - A petite 44-year-old woman has received a successful heart transplant at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, thanks to an experimental Total Artificial Heart designed for smaller patients.
Stem cell gene therapy developed at UCLA holds promise for eliminating HIV infection
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Los Angeles, California - Scientists at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research are one step closer to engineering a tool that could one day arm the body’s immune system to fight HIV - and win. The new technique harnesses the regenerative capacity of stem cells to generate an immune response to the virus.
UCLA partners in new Congo Basin Institute - a ‘game-changer’ for environmental protection
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Los Angeles, California - UCLA professor Tom Smith has conducted research in Cameroon for more than 30 years, and preserving and improving the region is more than a career to him. It’s his life’s work, and now he and a major African institute have created an international partnership that could save the Congo rainforest and transform the troubled Congo Basin.
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