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Experts reveal what the food of the future will be like | Online Tribune
Publicado em 12 maio 2024
Even in biblical times, John the Baptist, Jesus’ cousin, fed on locusts and wild honey, as reported in the Bible. Today, with the variety of foods, eating insects is not a common practice in the West.
However, with growing environmental concerns and the search for sustainable alternatives, human nutrition is undergoing changes: plants, insects and fungi are being adopted as nutritional sources. Fungus-based “meats” and even flours made from fly larvae are being studied to [...]
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Bruxism is a recurring condition among people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder
Publicado em 07 maio 2024According to a study published in the magazine Clinical Oral Investigations, people who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often report that they constantly clench or grind their teeth during the day – a habit known as waking bruxism. The work, which included the clinical examination of approximately 80 patients, including cases and controls, draws attention to the importance of dentists and psychiatrists working together in the most accurate diagnosis of the two health [...]ver notícia -
Lula and Macron launch investment plan worth R$5.3 billion
Publicado emMeeting in Belém this Tuesday (26), the presidents of France, Emmanuel Macron, and Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), announced an investment plan in bioeconomy for the Amazon. The initiative aims to leverage 1 billion euros (around R$5.3 billion) in public and private resources over the next four years. The amount must be aimed at both the Amazon forest in Brazilian territory and that which is in French Guiana (territory of the European country). The program foresees, [...]ver notícia -
Study shows how cells respond to covid and can benefit treatments
Publicado emIn total, the researchers found 1,652 proteins that had their production increased or decreased in response to the infection. Additionally, they found that the infection affected 151 biochemical reactions that process proteins and other molecules to keep our bodies functioning properly. The work demonstrates that, during infection, the virus causes an imbalance in the production of proteins in each cell, in different cells of the human body. When this happens, the biological functions [...]ver notícia -
Second shipment of dengue vaccine is sent to ten states. RS continues to not receive
Publicado em 28 fevereiro 2024The Ministry of Health began distributing the second shipment of dengue vaccines to 206 municipalities that meet the criteria defined by the ministry and health councils. The shipment of 526 thousand doses began last Thursday (22/02) and includes municipalities in Tocantins, Bahia, Roraima, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Minas Gerais and Santa Catarina. Immunization against dengue began with children aged 10 to 11 and will progress [...]ver notícia -
Dengue vaccine tested in Sergipe is 79% effective
Publicado em 03 fevereiro 2024The results of testing the vaccine developed by the Butantan Institute to combat dengue showed promising results. The effectiveness of the vaccine, among people aged 2 to 59 years, was 79.6%. The data was published this Wednesday, 31, in the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the most prestigious scientific journals in the world. In phase 3 of the clinical trial, the effectiveness of the vaccine in the adult population, which comprises the age group from 18 to 59 years of age, reached [...]ver notícia -
Pigs raised with greater well-being produce less anxious piglets
Publicado em 01 fevereiro 2024A study supported by FAPESP and published in the journal Frontiers in Animal Science shows that the way in which male pigs are confined – and not just females, as was known – profoundly affects the way in which the offspring deal with stress, which interferes with their well-being. of these animals. A series of experiments carried out at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science at the University of São Paulo (FMVZ-USP), in Pirassununga, showed that four weeks [...]ver notícia -
Study details antitumor action of substance present in green propolis
Publicado em 31 janeiro 2024Propolis has been used for a long time in popular medicine and gained the attention of the scientific community after proving the various benefits it offers to health, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, immunomodulatory and antitumor actions. The composition of the substance varies depending on its origin, geographic location and species of bee that produces it. Among the various types found in Brazil, a team formed by researchers from the Universidade Estadual Paulista [...]ver notícia -
Rise of the Rio Grande was a gigantic tropical island near Brazil
Publicado em 20 novembro 2023Research led by scientists from the University of São Paulo (USP) reveals that the Rio Grande Rise, a possibly continental portion submerged in the South Atlantic around 1,200 kilometers off the coast of Brazil, was – between 45 million and 40 million years ago – a gigantic tropical island, covered in vegetation and rich in minerals. The result of almost ten years of work, the study recently published in the magazine Scientific Reports brings new [...]ver notícia -
UFSCar project evaluates the use of antibiotics in institutions for the elderly
Publicado em 06 junho 2023FAPESP Agency – Verifying how antibiotic therapy is used in Long Stay Institutions for the Elderly (ILPIs), from the nurse’s perspective, is the main objective of a scientific initiation research that is being conducted with support from FAPESP at the Department of Nursing at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar). Nurses across the country who work in ILPIs can collaborate with the study by filling out an electronic questionnaire. The expectation is that the [...]ver notícia