Medicine

COVER

Unlikely allies

Genetically engineered microorganisms help fight diseases

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Pharmacology

A key to unlock the brain

Carbon-based nanomaterial may help medication reach the central nervous system

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public health

Dengue virus reprograms blood cells

The dengue virus alters the function of blood platelets

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PHOTOLAB

Nature’s pharmacy

Nature’s pharmacy

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GOOD PRACTICES

From fraud to false advertising

From fraud to false advertising

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Memory

Medicine in the countryside

Samuel Pessoa helped forge an intellectual tradition of public health

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Corporate research

Laboratory drives innovation

Aché signs partnerships to develop new pharmaceuticals

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Berenice Bilharinho De Mendonça

Berenice Bilharinho De Mendonça: The hormone drama

Disorders of sexual development with a genetic basis should be seen as normal

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Cover

The mechanisms of aging

Studies identify phenomena associated with physical and mental decline

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phosphoethanolamine

Phospho fails the test

The so-called "cure for cancer" fails the clinical tests

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Good practices

Definitions of bad conduct under debate

Definitions of bad conduct under debate

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Memory

Pioneering spirit in women’s health

The Institute of Gynecology perfected strategies to fight cervical cancer

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Health

Zika in early pregnancy

Zika infections in early pregnancy present the gravest danger to the fetus

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Medicine

Blood holds more clues about cancer

Liquid biopsies are starting to be used to evaluate tumor growth

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Epidemiology

Aztecs were plagued by gastroenteritis

Gastroenteritis may have contributed to the decline of the Aztec empire

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Medicine

India ink generates 3-D image of blood vessels

India ink mixed with gelatin generates 3-D image of blood vessels

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HEALTH

Zika, a collaboration to characterize a syndrome

Interdisciplinary work has confirmed that the Zika virus causes microcephaly and other types of brain damage in perinatally-infected infants

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Genomics

Precision Medicine

RIDCs establish a platform for genetic data to support the search for personalized therapies

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Science & Technology System 

Challenges made-to-order

Eighteen São Paulo private institutes conduct research in response to demands

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Jorge Kalil

Jorge Kalil: Tamer of Crises

The immunologist talks about his experience as head of InCor and Butantan

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MEMORY

Benvenuti, Doctors!

Italian physicians contributed to research in São Paulo

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Virology

Microcephaly in vitro

Zika virus replicates inside neural stem cells, disrupting brain development

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Eduardo Franco

Eduardo Franco: Balancing science and activism

Epidemiologist juggles activism with research on cervical cancer

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Medicine

Sleep boosts immune system

A study suggests that getting more sleep can be good for the defense system

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Cancer

Cancer death rate drops in the U.S.

The mortality rate for cancer fell 20.1% in the US over a 35-year period

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Good practices

Reproducibility put to the test

Reproducibility put to the test

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Genetics

Boy or girl?

The challenges in diagnosing and treating genetic sexual disorders

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Medicine

Mental examination

Scientists develop methodology for diagnosis of psychiatric disorders

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HEALTH

Zika, collaboration to characterize a syndrome

Interdisciplinary work has confirmed that the Zika virus causes microcephaly

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Communication

Famelab – Talking science

The importance of communication to bring science closer to the public

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