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Zika inhibits the proliferation of prostate cancer cells
Publicado em 22 janeiro 2020
After revealing in a groundbreaking study that Zika virus can be used to combat brain tumors, researchers at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in ScE3o Paulo State, Brazil, have shown that the pathogen may also be a weapon against prostate cancer.
In experiments with a human prostate adenocarcinoma cell line (PC-3), the scientists found that Zika inhibits tumor cell proliferation even when inactivated by high temperature.
After studies confirmed that Zika can infect and destroy neural [...]
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Markers Predict Mortality in Patients With Symptoms of Yellow Fever
Publicado em 16 agosto 2019Even after more than a century of research, scientists and physicians were unaware of any specific clinical and laboratory predictors of mortality that could help prioritize admission to hospital intensive care units, which would be extremely useful given that patients with yellow fever often deteriorate rapidly. “said Esper KallcEF? 1/2 s, Full Professor in the Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases at the University of ScEF? 1/2 o Paulo’s Medical School (FM-USP) in [...]ver notícia