News from Latin America

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25-May-2020

COVID-19 should be treated as a thrombotic disease, Brazilian pulmonologist argues

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

Dr. Elnara Negri, who works in São Paulo City at the largest hospital complex in Latin America, advocates the use of the anti-coagulant drug heparin to treat complications caused by novel coronavirus.

Journal

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Funder

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

22-May-2020

Scientists identify a temperature tipping point for tropical forests

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Carbon dioxide is an important greenhouse gas, released as fossil fuels are burned. It is absorbed by trees as they grow and stored as wood. When trees get too hot and dry, they may close the pores in their leaves to save water, but that also prevents them from taking in more carbon. And when trees die, they release stored carbon back into the atmosphere.

Journal

Science

20-May-2020

Study indicates the need to revise the protocol for detecting Zika in placenta

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

Brazilian researchers show that the virus can infect different placental regions and that collection and storage methods should be taken into consideration to ensure that the results are trustworthy and representative.

Journal

Frontiers in Microbiology

Funder

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

19-May-2020

Game-changing technologies can transform our food systems

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

In the next three decades we will need a 30-70% increase in food availability to meet the demand from an increasing population. And the global food system will need to change profoundly if it is going to provide humanity with healthy food that is grown sustainably in ways that are not only resilient in the face of climate change but also do not surpass planetary boundaries.

Journal

Nature Food

15-May-2020

Brazilian startup develops technology for monitoring of patients with suspected COVID-19

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Business Announcement

Based on the Internet of Things, the system was developed in a project supported by FAPESP. Patients can be advised to seek hospital care if they detect a deterioration in clinical signs.

Funder

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

14-May-2020

Latin America's livestock sector needs emissions reduction to meet 2030 targets

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

Reducing livestock's carbon footprint in Latin America is necessary if countries in the region are to meet emission reduction goals under the Paris Agreement, researchers argue in a new analysis published May 14 in Frontiers.

Journal

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

14-May-2020

Study identifies group of genes with altered expression in autism

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

The dysregulation appeared to affect communication among neurons in the subjects of the study, which was conducted in Brazil. The discovery could improve diagnosis, which is currently based on the clinical analysis of symptoms.

Journal

Molecular Psychiatry

Funder

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

13-May-2020

Humpback whales may risk collision with vessels in the Magellan Strait

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By tagging and tracking migrating humpback whales that feed in the Magellan Strait in Chile, the scientists were able to provide policy recommendations to reduce the risk of collisions.

Journal

Marine Policy

12-May-2020

Blood cells could serve as a 'thermometer' to detect breast cancer

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

This study shows that patients develop alterations in a type of leukocyte at the initial stage of the disease. This discovery paves the way for the enhanced diagnosis and treatment of this type of tumor.

Journal

Clinical & Translational Immunology

Funder

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

6-May-2020

Scientists observes changes in Earth's surface movement months before big earthquakes

Universidad de Concepción
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Months prior to the earthquakes in Chile 2010 and Japan 2011, oscillations of the earth's surface occurred, in extensions of about 1,000 kilometers in each country, after which the decoupling of the tectonic plates was generated, causing both major earthquakes.

Journal

Nature