Medicine

Public health

Wider spectrum

Program bring researchers closer to the problems faced by SUS

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Philip Hanawalt

Philip Hanawalt: “What we don’t know is what is most important in science”

Stanford professor upholds creativity in research

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Retrospect

On their own skin

106 years ago, Emilio Ribas and Adolpho Lutz proved that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes

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Health

Love after the menopause

A study identifies the female sexuality factors after the reproductive age

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Physiology

The brain and infections

Drugs used to treat mental disturbances can affect immunity

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Genetics

New ramifications

Technique transforms adult stem cells into embryonic cells

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Pharmacology

Unexpected action from a distance

Neurons can transport painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs

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Nutrition

Aids and being overweight

Study evaluate the association of overweight and the anti-retroviral therapy

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Nutrition

Fortified water

Iron and vitamin C in drinking water may help fight child anemia

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IMMUNOLOGY

Death swarm

Brazilian group obtains the first serum against bee poison

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Genetics

Constructing a discovery

Stem cells opens up the way for new research for therapies against disease

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Cover

At the root of Alzheimer’s

The region in the brain where Alzheimer's lesions first appear is identified

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Nobel

The chorus of the excluded

The organization adds another name to the gallery of those who feel forgotten

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Funding

United States

Research foundations are working to create a network for investigating malaria

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Medical drugs

Creative copies

Molecules that simulate others facilitate the search for original products

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Memory

Chasing the barber bug (T. cruzi)

Emmanuel Dias prepared the earliest campaigns to eradicate Chagas Disease in Brazil

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Immunology

Unexpected allies

Mammals do not produce the inflammatory reaction to deal with injuries

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public health

A pre-announced disease

Visceral leishmaniasis spreads throughout Brazilian cities

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Biomedical engineering

Real time protection

Equipment evaluates how lungs on artificial respiration react in ICUs

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Biomedical engineering

National pacemaker

Four universities take part in integrated circuit development

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Clinical analyses

Quick response

Portable device allows real-time diagnosis of anemia

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Charles Naspitz

Charles Naspitz: Epidemic in the air

Child allergy expert talks about the challenge of understanding and treating asthma

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Physiology

Legs of lead

Fatigue is common in cardiac and pulmonary insufficiency

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Neuroscience

Within the brain

A university has set up a research institute into neurological diseases

Medicine

Artificial bones

A team is creating solutions for surgical prostheses in bone reconstruction

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Pharmacology

Sugar, but no arthritis

Guar gum alleviates pain and prevents damage in the joints progressing

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Genetics

From fat to muscle

In the laboratory stem cells restore strength to mice with dystrophy

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Medical genetics

Tormented bodies

The mutation that stiffens muscles and changes posture has been identified

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Health

Loss saving

Stomach reduction surgery, apparently, protects us from cancer

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Medicine

Bathed in light

Electronic device monitors radiation dose used to treat physiologic jaundice

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