Genetics
Genetics
Luzio, similar to current Indigenous people
The oldest skeleton in São Paulo was a descendant of the people that populated the Americas 16,000 years ago
By Redação
Genetics
The risks of marriage between cousins
Children of married cousins face 4.16 times the risk of being born with rare genetic diseases
By Redação
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Transgenic moths on the horizon
New technology developed to combat the main threat to maize crops
INTERVIEW
Marcio de Castro: A boost for bold research
New scientific director shares his vision for science and the future of FAPESP and reflects on his career as a plant geneticist
By Fabrício Marques, Neldson Marcolin and Alexandra Ozorio de Almeida
INTERVIEW
Marcio de Castro: A boost for bold research
New scientific director shares his vision for science and the future of FAPESP and reflects on his career as a plant geneticist
By Fabrício Marques, Neldson Marcolin and Alexandra Ozorio de Almeida
Genetics
Same people, different origins
Genome analysis of 51 individuals of the Ashaninka indigenous people from the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon identifies two distinct groups
By Redação
Genetics
Risks of gene editing in babies
Using CRISPR-Cas9 and other gene-editing tools to create babies without genetic anomalies not yet on the horizon
By Redação
Biodiversity
The climate, a driver of diversification
Regional rainfall patterns can be a decisive factor in plant diversification
By Redação
Biotechnology
Company develops transgenic moth
New technology offers an alternative method to combat the biggest threat to maize crops
Health
Unique genetic varieties of malaria-carrying parasite in Brazil
Brazilian varieties of Plasmodium vivax are distinct from each other and from those found in other countries
By Redação
RESEARCH ITINERARIES
From the lab to the field
An encounter with a community in rural Goiás transformed biologist Carlos Menck’s perspective on genetics
Acknowledgment
End of year award
Pesquisa FAPESP received Synapsis and IMPA Journalism Awards in 2022
By Redação
NOBEL PRIZE
The 2022 winners
Twelve individuals and two institutions were awarded the Nobel Prize this year
By Redação
The rise and fall of Tupi
The rise and fall of Tupi
Speakers of the language may have numbered 4 to 5 million a millennium ago but began declining sharply before Europeans arrived on the continent
HISTORY
Possible origin of the Black Death
Black Death may have originated in the region of Eurasia that is now Kyrgyzstan, west of China
By Redação