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8 min Health: Artificial intelligence helps detect Chagas disease by cell phone photos
Publicado em 02 de junho de 2022
Brazilian scientists have invented a method to detect Chagas disease using cell phones and artificial intelligence, reducing the cost and facilitating the process of obtaining images for the exam. Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan that causes the condition, could be identified in images of blood samples obtained with a cell phone and analyzed under an optical microscope with the help of AI.
The idea arose when one of the immunologists in the study, Helder Nakaya, noticed the difficulty that [...]
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The 5 most interesting scientific innovations of the month [05/22]
Publicado em 31 maio 2022During this month of May, scientists managed to find a new way to treat glaucoma and monitor blood glucose. In addition, studies have brought to light the benefits of a little-known therapy to treat long covid. See the five most interesting scientific innovations of the period in question. MedTech | The 5 most interesting scientific innovations of the month [03/22] MedTech | The 5 most interesting scientific innovations of the month [04/22] Silk lens and prosthesis A prosthesis made of [...]ver notícia -
Schools should keep using masks, according to study
Publicado em 05 maio 2022A preliminary study by the arXiv platform highlighted the importance of wearing a mask at school, even during this phase of the covid-19 pandemic in which the item is no longer mandatory in several territories. The article, conducted by researchers from FAPESP, sheds light on the reduction in the levels of disease transmission in schools that adhere to the equipment. However, the project focuses on the difference between the use of masks considered to be of high quality, such as the N95 and [...]ver notícia -
Brazil is closer to starting to produce green hydrogen
Publicado em 02 maio 2022While global warming is driven by the use of fossil fuels, several initiatives in the energy sector focus on the production of so-called green hydrogen, which does not pollute the environment. The technological and scientific challenges are many, but Brazil has advanced towards this source of clean energy. For some decades, several laboratories around the world have been dedicated to the production of green hydrogen, but in Brazil, this is a relatively new area. However, within six months, [...]ver notícia -
4 min Espaço Crater in São Paulo was created by impact of space object
Publicado em 22 dezembro 2021New evidence of the Colônia crater, located in the city of Parelheiros, in São Paulo, was discovered by a survey led by the University of São Paulo (USP). The study presents a possible explanation of how a celestial body would have reached the São Paulo region, thus producing a crater with more than 3 km in diameter. Crater considered the oldest in the world did not arise from an impact, says study Researchers study dating of a 40 km diameter crater, the largest in [...]ver notícia -
USP researchers isolate the Ômicron variant and will accelerate national research
Publicado em 15 dezembro 2021Researchers at the University of São Paulo isolated, for the first time in Brazil, the Ômicron variant (B.1.1.529) of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The feat should facilitate diagnoses of covid-19 infections caused by this strain, and could also accelerate national studies to assess the effectiveness of vaccines against the new mutations. First kill by Ômicron variant is officially confirmed Children and young people should be priority in vaccination against covid, says [...]ver notícia -
1 min Health With rattlesnake venom, research creates molecule that regulates blood clotting
Publicado em 23 novembro 2021The fauna and flora can “hide” a multitude of treatments that are new to science, as a team of researchers from Brazil and Belgium discovered when analyzing the venom of a rattlesnake, of the subspecies Crotalus durissus collilineatus. Found in snake toxin, the protein collinein-1 went through some processes and became a molecule of pharmaceutical interest, being able to regulate blood clotting. Published in the scientific journal International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, [...]ver notícia -
This Brazilian startup has the dream of creating organs using 3D bioprinters
Publicado em 19 outubro 2021TissueLabs, a Brazilian healthtech with just two years of life, is holding talks with four investment funds — three of them Brazilian, according to O Globo — to raise US$ 2.5 million in a seed-type contribution for startups at the beginning of their careers. The round should take place in the coming months and should be a major boost to the company’s great ambition: to create a human heart in the laboratory, using 3D bioprinters. Optimized search startup for corporate health [...]ver notícia -
10 min Health Coronavirus May Lower Testosterone and Weak Sperm, Study Says
Publicado em 07 setembro 2021More than a year after the discovery of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, researchers are still seeking to understand the effects of the infectious agent in the human body. In this scenario, researchers from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (FMUSP) follow male patients who had COVID-19 and observed, in this group, a reduction in the level of testosterone and a smaller amount of sperm. Myth or truth: COVID-19 can cause erectile dysfunction? Phalloplasty: is it safe to [...]ver notícia -
9 min Startup Sebrae-SP and FAPESP open public notice of R$ 150 million for scientific startups
Publicado em 23 julho 2021Sebrae-SP (Brazilian Support Service for Micro and Small Businesses) and FAPESP (Research Support Foundation of the State of São Paulo) will invest R$ 150 million to develop scientific and technological startups in the state over the next six years. The partnership was announced on Thursday (22). Small companies in Brazil show signs of recovery with good numbers Online sales are already the main revenue of 31% of micro entrepreneurs Sebrae offers free digital marketing journey for [...]ver notícia