News from Latin America

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 13-Jun-2025 04:09 ET (13-Jun-2025 08:09 GMT/UTC)

9-Mar-2021

Molecule with potential to treat multiple sclerosis passes toxicology testing in zebrafish

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

Study conducted at a FAPESP-supported research center shows that anti-inflammatory peptide TnP could lead to drug development. Zebrafish Danio rerio is a popular aquarium species widely used as a model for in vivo trials in drug development.

Journal

Toxicology Reports

Funder

São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Brazil). Geochronologic research at the MIT Isotope Lab

4-Mar-2021

Innovative cancer treatment found to be promising for the control of fungal infections

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

The use of CAR T-cells reprogrammed to 'recognize' Cryptococcus spp. proved effective to combat the infection in vitro and in mice.

Journal

Cytotherapy

Funder

São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Brazil). Geochronologic research at the MIT Isotope Lab

2-Mar-2021

Open Data for Resilience -- A webinar for International Open Data Day

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Meeting Announcement

To mark International Open Data Day and reflect on how open data can build resilience in agriculture and food systems, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture will have a webinar featuring research leaders in big data and digital technologies in agriculture.

Meeting

Open Data for Resilience

2-Mar-2021

Model describes interactions between light and mechanical vibration in microcavities

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

Study by researchers at the University of Campinas published in Physical Review Letters discusses both light dispersion by vibrations inside the device and light dissipation to the exterior, an aspect rarely studied hitherto.

Journal

Physical Review Letters

Funder

São Paulo Research Foundation (FIESP)

1-Mar-2021

A research group proposes six guidelines for managing the impacts of invasive species

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

Researchers in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and the UK are participating in the initiative. Results are published in the journal BioScience.

Journal

BioScience

Funder

São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Brazil). Geochronologic research at the MIT Isotope Lab

1-Mar-2021

Behavior of wild capuchin monkeys can be identified by marks left on their tools

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

Scientists who study capuchin monkeys on a nature reserve in Brazil found that stone tools are used for digging, seed pounding, and stone-on-stone percussion. The monkeys can serve as a model to help understand how humans evolved to use tools.

Journal

Journal of Archaeological Science

Funder

São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Brazil). Geochronologic research at the MIT Isotope Lab

24-Feb-2021

Over 80% of Atlantic Rainforest remnants have been impacted by human activity

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

Researchers estimated biodiversity and biomass losses in the biome using data from 1,819 forest inventories. In terms of carbon storage, the losses correspond to the destruction of 70,000 km² of forest.

Journal

Nature Communications

Funder

São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Brazil). Geochronologic research at the MIT Isotope Lab

23-Feb-2021

Models to predict dengue, zika and yellow fever outbreaks are developed by researchers

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

Scientists will monitor areas in which these diseases are endemic, such as São Paulo, the Amazon, the Pantanal and Panama, to investigate the factors that trigger outbreaks (monkey being examined in Manaus área.

Journal

Emerging Topics in Life Sciences

Funder

São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Brazil). Geochronologic research at the MIT Isotope Lab

22-Feb-2021

First DNA extracted from modern, ancient and fossil tropical shells

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The next time you eat seafood, think about the long-term effects. Will consistently eating the biggest fish or the biggest conch, mean that only the smaller individuals will have a chance to reproduce?

Journal

Molecular Ecology Resources

18-Feb-2021

South American lizard's blood pressure mechanism is more efficient at cool temperatures

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

The black and white tegu lizard, which depends on external environmental factors to regulate body temperature, can survive swings between 15 and 35 degrees Celsius in a single day while keeping blood pressure steady.

Journal

PLOS One

Funder

São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Brazil). Geochronologic research at the MIT Isotope Lab