Issue # 110 _ April 2005

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Cover

Biosafety
New law authorizes research with stem cells and permits marketing of transgenics By
Stem Cells
The Bill on Biosafety is going to boost Brazilian research, which was already strong in the area By
Transgenics
Permission to market GMOs should expand investments in biotechnology

S&T Policy

Government

Heterodox model

The university reform proposal changes bureaucratic structures without defining what the country wants from these institutions

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Publication

Pasteur's Quadrant

A book translated by Unicamp examines a pact between the scientific community and the government

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Science

Medicine

Wide awake

Lack of sleep activates sexuality, increases the sensitivity to pain and damages the liver and heart

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Genetics

Molecular Signature

Method uses a small fragment of DNA to identify animal species

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Botany

The Beauty and the beast

A study reveals orchids from Central Brazil and describes the damage caused by viruses and insects

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Physics

The hot and the cold that comes from magnets

A Unicamp team discovers unexpected properties of magnetic materials

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Technology

Sensoring

Topography maps of Brazil

Images captured by Endeavour and produced by Embrapa show Brazilian topography

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Medicines

Valuable poisons

Studies with poisonous animals have resulted in the licensing of seven patents, candidates for medicines

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Medicines

From nature to the drugstore

An anti-inflammatory made from the extract of a plant from the Atlantic Rainforest, is ready to go on the market

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Biomedical Engineering

Vital implant

The first national stent produced by laser is going to reduce the cost of cardiac therapies

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Electrical Engineering

Body heat

Equipment detects temperature variations by way of infrared radiation

Humanities

Communication

The Ninth Art

Researches, archives, a book and a thesis show that comic books still maintain their importance

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History

Doctors or monsters?

Slavery drove the development of tropical medicine