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Covid virus can be detected in tears sampled by ocular swab: Study
Publicado em 17 fevereiro 2023
A team of researchers found that the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can be detected in tears sampled by ocular swabs, a new study has shown.
The researchers analyzed samples from patients diagnosed with the disease by conventional methods and admitted to the Hospital, according to the study published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine.
SARS-CoV-2 was detected in 18.2 percent of the samples, suggesting this method could be an alternative to the conventional swabbing method, which is [...]
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Omicron’s Mutations Explain Why It Is Less Severe Among Vaccinated
Publicado em 09 fevereiro 2022Sao Paulo: Brazilian researchers have found that Omicron has mutations detected in previous variants and that is the reason why it is less severe among the vaccinated. Omicron emerged as a variant of concern only in November 2021, but all the mutations it contains, except one, had been described before that. Researchers at the Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil attribute this factor to the effectiveness of the existing vaccines against the variant, reflected in [...]ver notícia -
Covid can remain active in some people for over 7 months: Study
Publicado em 28 janeiro 2022Sao Paulo, Jan 28 : A team of international researchers have found that the novel Coronavirus can continue to be present in some human bodies upto 232 days. Researchers from France’s Pasteur Institute, the University of Sao Paulo (USP) and Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Brazil conducted a study involving 38 Brazilian patients. The patients were followed until they tested negative twice or three times consecutively by RT-PCR. Of the 38 cases tracked, two men and a woman were [...]ver notícia -
Pesquisadores criam robô que ajuda no combate à covid-19
Publicado em 02 abril 2020Em meio à pandemia causada pelo novo coronavírus, os profissionais da área da saúde estão sobrecarregados e os esforços que realizam são reconhecidos mundo afora. Com o objetivo de construir uma solução tecnológica para ajudar esses profissionais, seis pesquisadores criaram o protótipo de um robô autônomo: “O objetivo é dar suporte na distribuição de remédios e alimentos [...]ver notícia -
Scientists Identify 4 Extremely Young Asteroid Families
Publicado em 26 setembro 2018Sao Paulo, Sep 25 : Brazilian scientists have identified four new families of extremely young asteroids, taking the total number to 13. The four families, all of which are less than seven million years old, orbit between Mars and Jupiter as part of a grouping known as the Main Asteroid Belt. The researchers dated the families using a numerical simulation method to process current data to go back in time to the asteroid formation era. "We identified the new families by means of numerical [...]ver notícia