Medicine

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The puzzle of immunity

Crucial questions about the response of the immune system to the novel coronavirus remain unanswered

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Health professionals under emotional stress

Depression rates for health professionals who care for COVID-19 patients have tripled

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Pharmacology

Lasting action against HIV

Researchers at American pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences have published the results of clinical trials of a new long-acting antiretroviral against HIV

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Technology

Nanocellulose sensors

Microbial nanocellulose could be used to make electrochemical sensors that attach to the skin to monitor health conditions or physical performance

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Neuroscience

Early deficit

People with Huntington's disease tend to produce fewer neurons since birth

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Calling all scientists

Researchers in São Paulo mobilize against the pandemic as FAPESP awards funding to 210 related projects

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Saving time

Brazilian research centers negotiate deals to import vaccine production technology

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COVID-19

Platform gathers data on Brazilians with COVID-19

The COVID-19 Data Sharing/BR platform is a repository of clinical, laboratory and demographic data on people diagnosed with the infection in the country

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Innovation

From cocoons to bones

A team has developed a potentially simpler, faster, and cheaper strategy for producing a biocompatible material that can be used as a scaffold for repairing long bones

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Good practices

List of retractions grows

It has been 10 years since German anesthesiologist Joachim Boldt was involved in one of the largest scientific misconduct scandals in history. Even today, the scandal continues

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Covid-19

The size of the pandemic

Lag times in case reporting can hurt government efforts to contain spread of COVID-19

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Careers

The fight against suffering

Brazilian researcher wins international award for his studies on chronic pain

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Careers

Connected health

Telemedicine requires knowledge beyond simply searching the internet

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Biomedical engineering

Green microbattery

Researchers from USP and Harvard develop a vegetable gelatin prototype for medical applications

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Brazil begins testing

To better understand the spreading pandemic, research initiatives aim to increase the scale of COVID-19 diagnoses throughout the country

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The reality of data

Mapping and systematizing COVID-19 data is crucial to controlling the disease in Brazil

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Covid-19

Traditional Chinese medicine to treat COVID-19

China's government and state media are encouraging the use of traditional medicines and remedies to treat COVID-19, despite the lack of scientific support

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COVID-19

Novel coronavirus can damage the retina

Ophthalmologists at the Federal University of São Paulo suspect that Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can damage the retina

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Covid-19

Growing lung cells

São Paulo–based startup TissueLabs has created a platform that mimics the environment of the pulmonary epithelium to allow scientists to study how the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, affects the lungs

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Medicine

Gelatin optical fiber

Researchers used agar, a type of gelatin extracted from algae, to develop a biodegradable and biocompatible optical fiber

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Data

At least 125 COVID-19 vaccines are in development, with 10 already undergoing clinical trials

Vaccines in the clinical trials phase worldwide and in development in Brazil (as of May 27, 2020)

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Letter from the Editor | 292

Crucial numbers

Little is known about viruses. Existing on the boundary between the living and the nonliving, they are found in all environments where there is life. Their effects on living beings can be beneficial, harmless, or capable of triggering devastating epidemics, such as Ebola, Zika, and now, SARS-CoV-2. Although the number of species is estimated in... View Article

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Obituary

Skillful surgeon, resourceful inventor

Domingo Braile developed medical devices and introduced heart surgery in small-town São Paulo

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Retrospect

In the palm of the hand

A São Paulo physician developed a portable respirator in the 1950s

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Progress toward dengue vaccine

A formulation developed by the Butantan Institute has shown protective effects in the second phase of testing

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The antivirus arsenal

The search for an effective treatment for COVID-19 includes testing drugs already used against other diseases and even plasma

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A frightening disease

Reports suggest the novel coronavirus may indirectly affect other organs as well as the lungs

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Science fights back

In just four months, 8,000 scientific articles have been published on Covid-19, more than 70 drugs tested against SARS-CoV-2, and the first vaccines trialed on humans

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Pharmacology

Medicines from Cannabis

Based on its proven efficacy for epilepsy, cannabidiol has become the target of intensive research

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Interview

Ester Cerdeira Sabino: Tailing the coronavirus

Researcher who coordinated the genetic sequencing of the new coronavirus strain believes the disease should reach its peak in Brazil between the end of April and the beginning of May

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