UPR/MSC CURRENT PROJECTS

AND ACTIVITIES

Selected Campus Projects Relevant to Women's Health

Natural Products Laboratory

The Natural Products Laboratory screens natural products for potential anti-HIV, anti-cancer and anti-malarial bioactives. Through the RCMI program an AIDS Screening Laboratory was established in-house, being the only one of its kind in the Caribbean and Latin America. The laboratory is one of the few in the world dedicated to the broad screening of potential anti-HIV bioactives. Strong collaborative research links have been established with the College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and the AIDS Center at Purdue University.