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Global warming may be interacting with regional rainfall and deforestation to accelerate forest loss in the Amazon, pushing it towards partial or total collapse. Research published on 14 February 2024 in Nature , has identified the potential thresholds of these stressors, showing where their combined effects could produce a ‘tipping point' – in which the forest is so fragile that just a small disturbance could cause an abrupt shift in the state of the ecosystem. The study [...]

Brazil is experiencing an enormous outbreak of dengue fever, the sometimes fatal mosquito-borne disease, and public health experts say it is a harbinger of a coming surge in cases in the Americas, including Puerto Rico. Brazil’s Health Ministry warns that it expects more than 4.2 million cases this year, outstripping the 4.1 million cases the Pan-American Health Organization recorded for all 42 countries in the region last year. Brazil was due for a bad dengue year — numbers [...]

A 30-minute walk at moderate intensity temporarily reduced blood pressure in women with rheumatoid arthritis, not only at rest but also under stress, according to a study. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune inflammatory disease affecting synovial joints and causing pain, swelling, and progressive physical incapacity. People with rheumatoid arthritis also tend to have high blood pressure, and previous research has shown that the risk of death from cardiovascular disease is 50 per cent [...]

A set of fossils recovered in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost state, has brought an extra layer of complexity to the study of the evolutionary history of silesaurids, a family of dinosauriforms (dinosaurs and their close relatives) that lived in the Triassic period between 247 million and 208 million years ago. ... read full stor "Because the bones are disarticulated, and considering the uncertainty about the group's evolution, we concluded that [...]

TAIPEI, Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Foresee Pharmaceuticals (TPEx: 6576), ("Foresee") announced today preclinical data in the European Heart Journal, demonstrating that activation of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) with Foresee's oral ALDH2 activator AD-9308, significantly ameliorates heart failure via the modulation of the... read full story " Kiyuna L, Candido D, Bechara L, Jesus I, Ramalho L, Krum B, et al. 4-hydroxynonenal impairs miRNA maturation in heart failure [...]

Dados do Relatório Anual de Atividades da FAPESP mostram que o desembolso da Fundação em 2022 com pesquisas científicas e tecnológicas cresceu 16,7% em comparação com 2021 e o volume de novos projetos contratados, 8.820, foi 27,8% superior. No total, estavam em andamento 20.709 projetos de pesquisa financiados pela FAPESP. Em relação ao período pré-pandemia, o investimento de R$ 1,18 [...]

A Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (Anvisa) autorizou a Fundação Hemocentro de Ribeirão Preto (FUNDHERP), em parceria com o Instituto Butantan, a iniciar um ensaio clínico no País com medicamento especial à base de células geneticamente modificadas, as chamadas CAR-T. A pesquisa é considerada mais um avanço no tratamento contra o câncer hematológico (no sangue). A informação foi [...]

(MENAFN - IANS) New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The use of cell therapy to treat COVID-19 patients can reduce the risk of death from the disease by 60 per cent, according to a new study.The systematic ... ...... read full story​​​​​​​

Com aval da Anvisa, pesquisadores da UFMG começam a recrutar 360 voluntários saudáveis... read full story Desenvolvida por pesquisadores da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), a vacina SpiN-TEC contra a covid-19 avança nos testes com humanos e poderá se tornar o primeiro imunizante 100% nacional a combater o vírus. Agora, a equipe cadastra voluntários para a Fase 2 da pesquisa. Na última semana, a Agência [...]