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Coronavirus can infect brain tissue, affect memory, language: Brazilian study
Publicado em 16 outubro 2020
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is capable of infecting brain tissue and affecting the structure of the cortex, a region of the brain responsible for functions such as memory, consciousness, and language, according to a Brazilian study released on Thursday.
"We demonstrated for the first time that the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects and replicates in astrocytes and this can decrease the viability of neurons," said Daniel Martins de Souza, a professor at the Institute of Biology [...]
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Brazilian researchers discover 12 new animal species in Amazon
Publicado em 27 junho 2018Brazilian researchers have discovered 12 new animal species in the Amazon jungle, after two expeditions collected over 1,700 specimens of over 200 types of flora and fauna. The 12 new species are frogs and lizards, apart from one owl, the state-owned news agency, Agencia Brasil, revealed on Tuesday. All of them were identified during the two expeditions, one made in late 2017 and one in April and May, financed by the state of Sao Paulo. According to Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, the expedition [...]ver notícia