{"id":202951,"date":"2019-07-25T17:20:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T21:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=202951"},"modified":"2019-07-25T17:41:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T21:41:53","slug":"cuba-refutes-study-alleging-loss-of-white-matter-in-u-s-diplomats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/cuba-refutes-study-alleging-loss-of-white-matter-in-u-s-diplomats\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba refutes study alleging loss of white matter in U.S. diplomats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuban scientists this Tuesday described <\/span>the study<\/span><\/a> published hours earlier by the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), which reveals an alleged loss of brain white matter in U.S. diplomats affected by mysterious health problems in Havana, as not very rigorous and inconclusive.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The authors of the paper themselves acknowledge that the study is inconclusive and they have no explanation for their findings,” explained the director of the Neurosciences Center of Cuba, Mitchell Vald\u00e9s, at a press conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

The doctor, who belongs to a group of scientists who have been studying these incidents since they were first reported in February 2017, acknowledged that it is not usual to comment so quickly on a scientific publication, but they have done so “due to its media impact” and to “prevent misinterpretations.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Expertos cubanos afirman que nuevo art\u00edculo de la revista JAMA no demuestra la ocurrencia de da\u00f1os cerebrales en #Cuba<\/a>. La \u00fanica forma de esclarecer el estado de salud de los afectados es mediante la discusi\u00f3n cient\u00edfica transparente y el intercambio de informaci\u00f3n. pic.twitter.com\/YTTRTsrlUM<\/a><\/p>\n

— Canciller\u00eda de Cuba (@CubaMINREX) July 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n