Medicine

Medicine

Another way to measure blood cholesterol

Combination of lipoprotein markers could more accurately assess heart disease risk

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Xenotransplantation

First two pig kidney transplants

First two people to receive genetically modified pig kidneys die

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Biotechnology

Bacterial cellulose membranes help wounds heal

Brazilian universities and companies are advancing with new applications for biomaterials made from plant waste

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Public health

Genome diversity could help SUS

Brazil’s national health system (SUS) could treat diseases more efficiently by making use of databases on ancestry and the wide variety embedded in Brazilian DNA

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Genomics

Brazilians are even more mixed-race than you think

New DNA sequencing of 2,723 people reveals greater Indigenous and African ancestry and highlights violence that marked the formation of the Brazilian population

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Medicine

Precious information about earwax

Compounds in earwax may help detect cancer in its early stages

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Public health

Think carefully before drinking soda or sweetened coffee

Think carefully before drinking soda or sweetened coffee

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Genetics

How cancer cells reach the brain

Chemical communication allows tumors from other organs to spread among neurons

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Public health

Breast and cervical cancer mortality rising in Brazil

Increase is more pronounced among women under 40 years old

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RESEARCH ITINERARIES

Elisabete Carrara-Angelis fights for diversity of voices

Speech therapist created a choir comprised of patients undergoing cancer rehabilitation, primarily laryngeal cancer

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HEALTH

Brazilians develop breast examination device that uses microwaves

Device is designed to dispense with the need for breast compression and ionizing radiation used in traditional mammograms

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Obstetrics

More twins from late motherhood

Late pregnancy leads to higher chance of twins or triplets

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interview

Maria Amélia Veras: A keen eye for disparities

Dr. Maria Amélia Veras investigates the living conditions of transgender and homosexual individuals, alongside viral factors, to curb the spread of sexually transmitted infections

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Medicine

Obesity drug disappoints

Anti-obesity drug proves less effective than hoped in clinical trial

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RETROSPECT

Austregésilo Lima, in the shadow of Freud

Psychotherapy critic and theorist, neurologist, and psychiatrist from Pernambuco improved the diagnosis of hysteria and spoke openly about sex in the early twentieth century

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PUBLIC HEALTH

Program that empowers pregnant women to make choices reduces unnecessary cesareans

Created 10 years ago, Parto Certificado prevented more than 20,000 surgical births between 2014 and 2019

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GOOD PRACTICES

Clinical trial failure ends controversial trajectory of promising treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

Clinical trial failure ends controversial trajectory of promising treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

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Health

Concern about fragile bones

Fragility fractures affect 400,000 Brazilians per year

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Public Health

Putting a stop to smoking

WHO launches first clinical guideline to help people quit smoking

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Immunology

How endometriosis worsens

Compounds released by immune cells stimulate lesion growth, which can be alleviated by migraine medications

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Neurology

Nuances of dementia

In Brazil, Alzheimer's disease is more common in White individuals, while cognitive decline of vascular origin is more frequent in Black individuals

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Retrospect

Xingu Project seeks new partners to expand reach

UNIFESP's university extension program has been taking action on Indigenous health since 1965

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Nobel Prize

2024 Nobel Prize honors researchers in the field of artificial intelligence

The physics and chemistry prizes were awarded to scientists who created computational tools

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Public Health

Cycling against Parkinson’s

Cycling causes changes in brain function that may be beneficial in the treatment of Parkinson's

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Cryogenics

High cost and disruptions in helium supply make it difficult to carry out research at temperatures close to absolute zero

The liquefied from of the noble gas is used to cool magnetic resonance imaging machines, particle accelerators, and quantum computers

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Interview

Milton Thiago de Mello: Sharp memories of a centenarian

At 108, the veterinarian revisits his military and research career and discusses his contribution towards combating brucellosis and training primatologists

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Pesquisa FAPESP 25 years

Research topics that have stood out since the magazine was launched in 1999

A diverse range of topics, from climate change and exoplanets to ultra-processed foods, have influenced the direction of science and technology over the past two and a half decades

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Agriculture

Passion fruit against the Sun

Passion fruit species recommended for insomnia could also be used in sunscreen

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Medicine

Aggressive variant of the Oropouche virus circulating in Brazil

New strain multiplies rapidly and could facilitate transmission

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Epidemiology

Suicide by drug overdose in Brazil has increased by 2.6 times in 20 years

Increase coincides with periods of domestic and global economic crisis

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