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Genetic factors for most common disease in the first year of life are identified
Publicado em 26 de março de 2018
Date: March 26, 2018
Source: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Summary: The acute viral bronchiolitis is the worldwide leading cause of hospitalization during the first year of life. A study crosses data from patients' genetic variations with the disease's different viruses and their respective set of symptoms, paving the way for future developments by precision medicine.
A scientific study conducted at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo State, [...]
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Antimicrobial used in toiletries could become option against malaria
Publicado em 22 março 2018Date: March 22, 2018 Source: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Summary: Not only it inhibits enzymes essential to Plasmodium's survival in two key stages of its lifecycle in humans, but triclosan also performed well in tests against resistant parasites, an international study reveals. The efficiency of malaria treatment with mostly used drugs is undermined by resistant lineages and by the fact that patients present severe side effects in 10 percent of the cases. A [...]ver notícia -
Vitamin D might be key to syndrome affecting half of women aged 50 or plus
Publicado em 20 março 2018Research with postmenopausal women, found a 57.8 percent rate of metabolic syndrome among women presenting vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency.ver notícia -
Amazon deforestation is close to tipping point
Publicado em 19 março 2018Date: March 19, 2018 Source: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Summary: Scientists considered climate change and indiscriminate use of fire to calculate that deforestation rates ranging from 20 percent to 25 percent could turn Amazon's hydrological cycle unable to support its ecosystem. Deforestation of the Amazon is about to reach a threshold beyond which the region's tropical rainforest may undergo irreversible changes that transform the landscape into degraded [...]ver notícia -
Chirping is welcome in birds but not in fusion devices
Publicado em 16 março 2018New research describes cause of chirping that signals loss of heat from fusion reactionsver notícia -
Toothpaste alone does not prevent dental erosion or hypersensitivity
Publicado em 13 março 2018An analysis of nine toothpastes found that none of them protects enamel or prevents erosive wearver notícia -
Once degraded, Brazilian savanna does not regenerate naturally
Publicado em 08 março 2018Date: March 8, 2018 Source: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Summary: According to study, after being converted to pastures, areas of the so-called 'Cerrado' become closed forest with poor biodiversity if not appropriately managed. This biome works as the source for much of Brazil's main river basins, and boasts biodiversity levels higher than tropical forests at the microscale. Some of Brazil's most important rivers, including the Xingu, Tocantins, Araguaia, São [...]ver notícia -
Current deforestation pace will intensify global warming, study alerts
Publicado em 06 março 2018Date: March 6, 2018 Source: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Summary: Scientists affirms the prolongation of an annual deforestation of 7,000 square km can nullify the efforts for reducing GHG emissions. The study brings a new assessment on the importance of tropical forests in world climate regulation, and calculates a 0,8 °C rise on Earth's temperature in a scenario in which they are extinct. The global warming process may be even more intense than originally [...]ver notícia -
Yellow fever virus is detected in urine and semen almost a month after infection
Publicado em 01 março 2018Date: March 1, 2018 Source: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Summary: The confirmation involved one single patient; Brazilian investigators say it suggests the virus may be contagious for a period which stretches longer than previously thought. Scientists especulate whether the use of urine samples could allow for positive diagnosis in asymptomatic patients, who comprise half of the cases of yellow fever's infection. The presence of yellow fever virus in urine and [...]ver notícia -
Model based on hydrothermal sources evaluate possibility of life on Jupiter's icy moon
Publicado em 23 fevereiro 2018Brazilian scientists compare primitive Earth scenario with satellite Europa's conditions; the jupiterian moon could host microorganisms at the bottom of a huge warm ocean located underneath its frozen crust.ver notícia