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A study conducted at the State University of Campinas provides a foundation for future research to confirm identification of the best candidate genes for biotech applications such as insertion into commercially valuable plants and development of sugarcane varieties resistant to environmental pressures. Researchers studying sugarcane varieties identified orphan genes that may be responsible for the species’ resistance to environmental pressures. The team hopes the data can be [...]

Sept. 21 (UPI) — Dieting by cutting protein intake may be as effective as restricting calories for people trying to fight obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure, a small study suggests. So, that means setting aside the steak, but passing the mashed potatoes. The study by researchers in Brazil and Denmark, which compared the effects of protein and calorie restriction diets in patients with metabolic syndrome, was published in the journal Nutrients. They said their [...]

A study has found that reducing consumption of protein can help regulate metabolic syndrome and some of its symptoms such as obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure (hypertension). Metabolic syndrome is known to be a cluster of conditions that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes, including hypertension, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist and abnormal cholesterol. According to Rafael Ferraz-Bannitz, first author of the article published in [...]

An article published in the journal Frontiers in cellular and infectious microbiology reports a study by researchers from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil showing how a human protein interacts with a SARS-CoV-2 protein, and describing one of the ways the virus that causes COVID-19 recruits cells to replicate. In laboratory tests, the researchers inhibited the interaction between the molecules using a drug and thus reduced viral [...]

In a study published May 02, 2022 in Nature Communications scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine used human brain organoids to reveal how a genetic mutation associated with a profound form of autism disrupts neural development. Using gene therapy tools to recover the gene’s function effectively rescued neural structure and function. Several neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases, including autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and schizophrenia have been [...]

In a study published in Nature Communicationsscientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine used human brain organoids to reveal how a genetic mutation associated with a profound form of autism disrupts neural development. Using gene therapy tools to recover the gene’s function effectively rescued neural structure and function. Several neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases, including autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and schizophrenia have been linked to [...]

In 2019, not long before the unusual weather event that changed day into night in São Paulo City (Brazil), dozens of pigeons mysteriously dropped dead. Birds displaying wounds as well as neurological symptoms were found dead or dying near the municipal animal disease control center. A multicenter research team discovered that the deaths were unrelated to the pollution blown into the city from forest fires in the Amazon, despite the proximity of the dates, but were in fact due to [...]