Medicine

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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Acknowledgment

2024 FCW Award Winners

Marco Antonio Zago and Ugo Giorgetti named winners of the 2024 FCW Award

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Epidemiology

Mpox emergency

World Health Organization declared mpox outbreak a health emergency in August 2024

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Interview

Bruno Geloneze: Injections alone will not solve the problem

New anti-obesity drugs work well, says UNICAMP endocrinologist, but they need to be combined with a good diet and exercise to produce lasting benefits

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History of science

Letters and portraits of science

Emílio Ribas's inventory contains letters, photos, and personal documents

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RESEARCH ITINERARIES

Crossed paths

An advocate of the concept of One Health, veterinarian Nathalia Juocys embraced human medicine in her academic career

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RETROSPECT

The past dangers of receiving blood

Until early 20th century discoveries, transfusions depended essentially on luck

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MENTAL HEALTH

Messages and home visits help reduce symptoms of depression in the elderly

Strategies were tested on low-income participants with low education levels in the city of Guarulhos

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NEUROLOGY

Elderly capuchin monkeys have lesions typical of Alzheimer’s disease

The finding could allow primates abundant in Brazil to be used as a model for studying the human disease

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ETHICS

New rules for research involving human beings

New law set to come into force at the end of August will allow trials to be approved by a single body

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Public health

Anti-HIV medication still poorly distributed

Distribution of preventive HIV medicine concentrated in major cities

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Pharmacology

No-needle blood test

Just for women: new needle-free blood sugar test

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Medicine

Hospital infections caused by skin

Hospital infections can be caused by bacteria carried on the patient's own skin

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Retrospect

Glass negatives depict science in the early twentieth century

Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro and other institutions preserve rare photographic collections

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Interview

Antonio Bianco: An adjustment to hypothyroidism treatment

The Brazilian physician based in the USA explains how he discovered that current hormone therapy could fail and proposes a correction to its use

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Public health

Shorter treatment for malaria

New drug proves as effective at preventing recurrences as current medications with longer courses

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XENOTRANSPLANTATION

A team from USP is attempting to create genetically modified pigs to provide organs to humans

The animals will be raised in special facilities, such as one opened on the Cidade Universitária campus in April

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Medicine

Signs of Parkinson’s disease in the skin

In the future, a skin exam could help doctors diagnose Parkinson's disease

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Research itineraries

First-hand experience

After caring for her mother, who suffered from Alzheimer's, Ceres Ferretti switched from studying philosophy to nursing, later becoming a care specialist

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Interview

Luis Bahamondes: The paradoxes of women’s health

The specialist in methods of contraception warns about the importance of long-lasting forms of birth control for reducing the risk of unplanned pregnancy and abortion

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