Ricardo Zorzetto
Medicine
Warning against constant infections
Immunodeficiencies can be mistaken for common diseases in childhood
By Ricardo Zorzetto and Francisco Bicudo
Cell biology
Scenes of a parasite
Biophysician discovers how the malaria protozoon spreads through the body
Biochemistry
Reproduction demystified
Trypanosoma cruzi core location makes it easier to combat Chaga's disease
Medicine
The first signs of alert
Gene action sheds light on the origin and indicates the evolution of tumors
Epidemiology
Defined traces
Genes and cultural habits affect the risk of the growth of head and neck tumors
Astrophysics
The Jewels of Saturn
Images from the probe confirm the theory that explains errors in the rings
Oceanography
Oasis in danger
The repopulation of the coral reefs threatened by excessive fishing
By Ricardo Zorzetto and Verônica Falcão
Paleontology
Under the palm trees
The discovery of a deposit of dinosaur fossils in the interior of Maranhão
Nanotechnology
Atoms for doing calculations
Brazilian physicists in the worldwide race in search of the quantum computer
Mega Science
Network of life
Software permits the integration of data banks with biological information
Pharmacology
Clean-up of the arteries
Compound dissolves plaques that obstruct blood vessels
By Dinorah Ereno and Ricardo Zorzetto
Biochemistry
Form and function
New equipment place the country in the front line of the study of proteins
MEDICINE
The relief from salt
Accumulation of liquid in the pulmonary membranes combated by Silver nitrate
Cover
Narcissus the wrong way round
Excessive concern with the body may lead to bulimia and anorexia
By Marili Ribeiro and Ricardo Zorzetto
Gilberto De Nucci
Gilberto De Nucci: The medicine radical
The medicine radical
By Marcos Pivetta and Ricardo Zorzetto