Medicine

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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FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY

Battle against the disappearances

Researchers work to identify persons who disappeared during the dictatorship

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Medicine

Protection for newborns

A helmet cools the heads of babies whose brains lack oxygenation

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Immunology

When our defenses destroy our brain

Mechanism triggers the inflammation associated with malaria

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CARDIOLOGY

Energy for the heart

An increase in blood sugar can help in recovery after a heart attack

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COVER

New battles focus on prevention

Reducing HIV transmission is one of the challenges to stop the epidemic

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Coffee

Physicians and coffee in 19th-century Brazil

Physicians in 19th century prescribed the drink to treat fevers

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Nobel Prize in Literature

My favorite composer

References to Dylan’s lyrics were found in medical articles

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Melanoma

Less severe melanoma

Protein action may promote a milder progression of skin tumors

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S&T Policy

Challenges made-to-order

São Paulo private institutes conduct research to respond to demands

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Cover

The fragile health of adolescents

Two national studies warn of elevated levels of excess weight in adolescents

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Ambystoma mexicanum

Regenerating salamander

Salamander can completely regenerate parts of its body

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phosphoethanolamine

Non-toxic phosphoethanolamine

The drug was deemed safe after the phase 1 of clinical trial

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Neuroscience

Diversity in neuronal DNA

"Jumping genes" can cause deletions of stretches of the genome

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NOBEL PRIZE

Autophagy, topological transitions and molecular machines

Autophagy, topological transitions and molecular machines

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Good Practices

Strictness and transparency in biomedical research

Strictness and transparency in biomedical research

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FAMILY PLANNING

Laws in the feminine form

A study recalls the history of women’s reproductive rights in Brazil

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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Simulators for medicine

Dolls produced by 3D printers are changing how surgery is taught and planned

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Neurology

Deaths shrouded in mystery

Groups work to identify causes behind sudden death in people with epilepsy

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obesity

Excess weight and the brain

Excess weight can alter some brain structures

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muscular dystrophy

Fighting muscular dystrophy

An experiment tries to use human stem cells to treat the disease

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prostheses

Graphene for use in implants

Features of graphene may potentially be utilized in bone implants

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Chlorpromazine

New job for an old drug

Medication used to treat schizophrenia is being tested against leukemia

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anthropology

Disappearance and struggle

The attempt to identify missing persons from remains from a clandestine grave

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Memory

In history’s shadow

Jessé Acioly identified the mechanism for inheriting sickle cell anemia

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