Medicine
Sociology
Unstable Macrometropolis
3.8 million people are living in precarious favelas in São Paulo State
Cardiac insufficiency
Stethoscope for the lungs
Stethoscope may help make early diagnoses of water in the lungs
By Redação
Thalassemia
Reversing anemia
Most common and debilitating symptom of the disease under control
By Redação
Experimentation
Alternative methods
Effort to replace the use of animals in testing is beginning to pay off
Francis Collins
Francis Sellers Collins: Now we’re going to learn about the brain
NIH director talks about project to learn about the brain
bacterial infection
The cancer microbe
Prostate cancer may be caused by a common sexually transmitted infection
By Redação
Neuromathematics
Dynamic connections
Working together to understand and predict the functioning of the brain
Mental Health
Between causes and symptoms
US body places emphasis on the neurobiological roots of diseases
By Redação
World Cup
The World Cup and dengue
Risk of contracting dengue during winter will vary between cities
By Redação
Walter Colli
Walter Colli: The art of being a scientist in Brazil
Rarefied scientific environment slows development of discoveries
MENTAL HEALTH
Depression due to inflammation
Dysregulated immune processes may be related to depression
Inflammatory disease
Depression, an inflammatory disease?
Depression could be a consequence of imbalances in the body's defense system
By Redação
HIV vaccine
Brazilian HIV vaccine
Initial tests conducted in Butantan Institute have good results
By Redação
Álvaro Alberto Award
Álvaro Alberto Award winner
Walter Colli receives the highest S&T award in Brazil
By Redação
Humberto Torloni
Humberto Torloni: Oncology – a look behind the scenes
Pathologist works to rescue oncology’s story
cellular suicide
HIV and the explosive death of immune cells
Biochemical pathways of cell death activated by HIV are described
By Redação
Magda Carneiro Sampaio
Magda Carneiro Sampaio: In defense of children
Pediatrician talks about her immunology research
CELL BIOLOGY
Metastatic RNA
Study shows the role of a special type of ribonucleic acid in spreading cancer