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A Brazilian plant's compound may be key to treating kala-azar
Publicado em 09 janeiro 2025
Kala-azar or visceral leishmaniasis, a deadly neglected tropical disease, can be better treated using a compound derived from Nectandra leucantha, a tree native to southern Brazil (local names: canela-seca or canela-branca), claimed a study.
Kala-azar is caused by a protozoan parasite transmitted by a sand-fly bite and is characterised by long bouts of fever, loss of weight and muscle strength, enlargement of the spleen and liver, and anaemia.
An international team of researchers from [...]
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There's a ring around this dwarf planet which shouldn't be there
Publicado em 13 fevereiro 2023“That’s very strange,” said Professor Bruno Morgado from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. He is the lead author of a paper published in the journal Nature in February that describes the ring that encircles Quaoar, a planetary body about 1126km in diameter that orbits the Sun at a distance of about 6.4 billion km. Quaoar pronounced KWA-wahr, the name of the creator god for the Indigenous Tongva people who live around Los Angeles) is a little less than [...]ver notícia