Finding new targets for the treatment of adrenocortical cancer, multiple myeloma and resistant hypertension is the goal of studies presented during FAPESP Week Michigan-Ohio.
Scientists say that the challenge in cities like São Paulo lies in integrating public policies related to climate change with policies that pertain to housing, urban planning, and water resources management.
Study by team including Brazilian scientists published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters shows that formation of the galaxy's stars began in the center and then spread outwards.
Study suggests wearing anti-pollution filter masks can lessen the impact of vehicle emissions on people with heart failure and reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
Researchers gathered to discuss how demographic and territorial disparities as well as inequality in gender, race, the labor market, access to education and political participation have changed in the last 50 years.
Researchers find that microRNAs undermine the control of gene expression in T-lymphocytes, leading these defense cells to attack insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.
The University of São Paulo's Faculty of Medicine will provide free accommodation for all participating students, and is offering a schedule filled with academic, clinical and social activities.
Discoveries open up new prospects for the study of the universe. Brazilian researchers' participation in the international collaboration is supported by FAPESP.
Leading US particle physics lab plans to measure the properties of neutrinos, which are among the most abundant particles in the universe, and detect their interactions with matter.
Experiments with mice show that prostaglandin inhibitors such as indomethacin and celecoxib minimize the occurrence of pulmonary complications caused by yellow scorpion's venom.
If the outcome is positive, we may be creating a new way to foster and promote science in Brazil by using a fast-track model for emergencies, says Paolo Zanotto, coordinator of the Zika Network.
One option would be to insert a gene that codes for a key protein in zika virus into the dengue vaccine virus. Another would be to create an attenuated zika virus.
Scientific instruments on board a stratospheric balloon is circumnavigating Antarctica to capture energy from solar flares at the highest frequencies ever measured in this kind of observation.
Article published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research shows more severe psychiatric and metabolic conditions in patients with bipolar disorder and low levels of adiponectin.
Study evaluated effects of aluminum and cadmium on tomato plants and used grafting to investigate how one part of a plant signals stress caused by heavy metals to the other.
The bright ultra metal-poor star is a relic of the primitive universe. It was identified by astronomers from the University of São Paulo using telescopes in the Atacama Desert.
A pioneering study found that older adults in good physical and mental health continued to display normal cognitive performance in terms of memory, attention and reaction time even at an ambient temperature of 32°C.
This state of matter, produced in the world's largest particle colliders, is believed to correspond to the contents of the universe a fraction of a second after the Big Bang.
Findings of research conducted at the University of São Paulo and published in Cell can help evaluate the prognosis of patients with central nervous system tumors and improve treatment protocols.
Coxiella burnetii, the bacterium that causes Q fever, secretes a protein to trick the immune system. This discovery may pave the way for new treatments against sepsis.