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Researchers find potential therapeutic target against cancer

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Molecule found on cell surfaces may pave the way for new therapies against tumor progression.

Journal: Cytotechnology
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Oropouche virus has already infected more than 5 million people in Brazil, study suggests

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Estimates indicate that the number of cases has reached 9.4 million across Latin America and the Caribbean since the 1960s, according to articles published by Nature Group journals. The authors warn that strategies to combat the vector, the gunpowder midge, must differ from those used against Aedes.

Journal: Nature Medicine
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Unprecedented marker uses tomography to refine gastric cancer prognosis

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the State University of Campinas have identified a variable capable of predicting patients at higher risk of unfavorable disease progression by combining data on the radiodensity of visceral fat and muscle.

Journal: Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Could the rise of weight-loss drugs reshape food markets in the Global South?

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new article published in Globalization and Health warns that the rapid rise of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs in high-income countries could have unintended consequences for food environments in low- and middle-income countries.

Journal: Globalization and Health

The ability to accumulate toxins from the diet has gradually evolved in poison dart frogs

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers suggest that there are at least four frog phenotypes representing stages in their evolution in the sequestration of alkaloids, which are toxins found in insects and used by some lineages of anuran amphibians to combat predators and pathogens.

Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Climate change boosts soybean production but worsens bean quality

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using AI modeling fed with experimentally validated data, researchers at the University of São Paulo predict the simultaneous impact of high temperatures, drought, and increased CO₂.

Journal: Food Research International
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Anti-inflammatory molecule shows potential against Parkinson’s in study with mice

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In an experiment, the Ac2-26 peptide protected neurons from cell death, which is characteristic of the condition. The study also demonstrated differences in disease progression and protection between males and females.

Journal: Neuropharmacology
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Study reveals 45 new toxins produced by bacteria associated with foodborne infections

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Computational tools were used to analyze the genetic material of 6,165 samples from 149 different types of Salmonella enterica subspecies

Journal: PLOS Biology
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Organism absorbs little of the minerals from nuts, points a study that simulated human digestion

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An experiment conducted at the Federal University of São Paulo showed that only a fraction of copper and magnesium present in Brazil nuts and cashews is rendered available by the human body.

Journal: Química Nova
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Material extends shelf life and prolongs release of fungus used as bioinsecticide

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Encapsulating Beauveria bassiana in a biopolymer made of cellulose and aluminum increased the viability of the fungus from 69% to 85% after five months of storage, providing a more sustainable alternative that releases the bioinsecticide over an extended period and reduces the need for new applications.

Journal: ACS Omega
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

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