Medicine

Neuroscience

Epilepsy in vitro

Researchers use lab-grown mini-brains to simulate a type of epilepsy that is unresponsive to treatment

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Medicine

Walking again thanks to new implant

Pacients with spinal cord injuries were able to walk after implanted with special electrodes

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Interview

Sergio Tufik: The sleep observer

A medical researcher who began to study the effects of sleep deprivation nearly 50 years ago eventually created one of the world's most productive sleep research teams

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Careers

Medical emergency

Recent studies address the adversities faced by new healthcare professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic

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COVID-19

The efficiency of masks

Tests reveal how and to what extent different types of masks limit the airborne spread of infectious diseases

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COVID-19

Environmental damage caused by COVID-19

The pandemic has aggravated the heavy production and inappropriate disposal of plastic

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PANDEMIC

Infection and elite athletes

Elite athletes also need time to recover after being infected by the novel coronavirus

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Medicine

An unprecedented heart transplant

An unprecedented heart transplant

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Retrospect

Side effects of hunger

In 1865, a Brazilian physician described an eye disease caused by malnutrition that was common among black slaves

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Funding

Committed effort

Survey finds investment in cancer research has fallen in Brazil

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INTERVIEW

Eloisa Bonfá: Fighting for life

As clinical director of the USP Hospital das Clínicas for more than a decade, COVID-19 has put the rheumatologist’s planning skills to the test

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COVID-19

New coronavirus drugs

Pharmaceuticals announce orally administered drugs designed to treat the disease caused by SARS-Cov-2

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SEARCH

Return to research

Francis Collins has stepped down from his position as director of the US National Institutes of Health

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MEDICINE

Problems in cancer studies

Problems in cancer studies

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Linguistics

A neglected threat to ethnobotany

Study shows that language extinction could lead to incalculable losses of medicinal knowledge

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Covid-19

Increasing anxiety and depression

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to 129.4 million new cases of anxiety and depression worldwide

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Pharmacology

University of Oxford in Brazil

The Brazilian Ministry of Health signed a term of commitment with the University of Oxford, UK, to establish a clinical research and development center in Rio de Janeiro for the British institution’s drugs and vaccines

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Nuclear medicine

Radiopharmaceuticals under threat

Radiopharmaceutical crisis leads to debate over production model

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Nobel Prize

Everything as before

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided not to award this year’s Nobel Prize to the development of mRNA-based vaccines

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COVID-19

Oxygen supply

Brazilian startups offer new ways of monitoring essential medical supplies for patients with respiratory failure

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Physiology

A vein under pressure

Following transplantation to the heart in surgeries to treat coronary artery disease, saphenous veins undergo drastic restructuring and can become clogged

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Gender

Articles by women receive fewer citations

Scientific papers published by women in prestigious medical journals tend to receive fewer citations than similar studies authored by men

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Computation

Tuberculosis screening algorithm

Researchers have devised a computer-aided technique for interpreting digital chest radiography images and identifying new cases of tuberculosis

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Careers

Scientist in training

Nursing student at UFMG awarded for her undergraduate research on the treatment of tegumentary leishmaniasis

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Innovation

Wireless pacemaker dissolves in the body

Researchers have developed a wireless, battery-free pacemaker

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HEALTH

Digital diagnosis

Software capable of identifying skin cancer with greater than 90% accuracy

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RETROSPECT

The shadow of the white plague

Tuberculosis persists, even 100 years after its vaccine was invented

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COVID-19

Limited use

ANVISA authorizes the use of three COVID-19 drugs, but they are expensive and designed only for specific situations

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COVID-19

Severe illness in children

A rare syndrome linked to the novel coronavirus causes lesions in multiple organs

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COVID-19

Lasting consequences

People who survive SARS-CoV-2, even those not hospitalized, can suffer the effects of the infection for months after the most intense symptoms subside

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