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Researchers achieve effective action against Leishmania by treating infected organs with a drug originally used against parasitic diseases in animals.

Promoted by FAPESP and Heidelberg University, an exposition covering Brazilian biodiversity was inaugurated in the German city.

In 2011, researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) and the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) determined 10.8 gigabases of sugarcane DNA sequence, 33 times the amount sequenced by the two-year Sugarcane Genome Project, which ended in 2001 and mapped the genes expressed in the plant.

The first South American branch of the International Center for Theoretical Physics started its activities on the São Paulo Unesp campus, with FAPESP funding. The facility will conduct high-tech research and foster intense interchange among scientists.

The new computer cluster is one of the world’s largest and most powerful dedicated solely to astronomy research

The formula, developed at USP, combines photoprotective substances, Ginkgo biloba and red marine algae extracts with vitamins A, C and E

Researchers present scientific advances on the effects of physical activity

A review article published in the January 19 edition of Nature magazine synthesizes the results of the studies performed over the last 20 years in the Large-scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) coordinated by the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA).

Researchers from many nations, including Brazil, have published an article in Science magazine calling on the international scientific community to assume a more active role in the inclusion of agriculture in the rounds of negotiations at the UN Convention on Climate Change.

A USP team participated in an international study analyzing 125 stem cell lines produced in 38 laboratories, recently published in Nature Biotechnology.

In an article published in PNAS, scientists in Brazil, Australia and the United States describe how they proved that Philcoxia is carnivorous.

The selected themes for collaboration between French researchers and São Paulo State researchers are "Global Change and Environment/Earth Sciences" and "Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectology."

In the hope of discovering molecules with the potential to be used as immunosuppressive, antibacterial or anticancer drugs, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) researchers have dedicated themselves to studying a group of soil microorganisms known as Actinobacteria.

Scientists originally believed that only ants and termites had individuals adapted exclusively for defense. A study published in PNAS showed that the sole purpose of guard jataí bees is to defend the hive.

An international study with Brazilian participation indicates that deforestation in Mato Grosso has diminished and that soy production in the state grew in the last few years through changes in land use.

A multidisciplinary network that grew from a FAPESP Thematic Project has become a world leader in Drosophila cell culture techniques. Their work was described in a recent article in Biotechnology Advances.

The result of a study conducted at UNESP: a book that offers reflections on the impact of German philosophical concepts on contemporary education.

A new methodology developed by researchers at the Universidade de São Paulo School of Medicine’s Heart Institute (InCor/USP) makes it possible to evaluate children and adolescents with congenital heart disease and to identify those with a higher risk of death or complications as a result of corrective surgery.

The objective of this study is to use compounds as biological markers to evaluate the risk of cancer and the exposure to urban pollution.

Researchers described the transcriptomes of three important species of Eimeria, which causes the most serious illness associated with avian farming in the world.

Researchers at the Brazil Science and Technology Institute for the Biorational Control of Pest Insects have developed a method for the preservation of neem's main active ingredient.

Diamonds are formed in the planet’s deep layers, under high pressures and temperatures. However, for industrial use, the first choice is to use more accessible artificial diamonds. Developed in laboratories, artificial diamonds have many applications.

The São Paulo School of Advanced Science brought together 160 scientists and students from Brazil and abroad to debate the most recent advances in the emerging field of astrobiology

A technique applied at Unesp using mass spectrometry identifies toxic compounds directly in cyanobacterial cells and in water reservoirs

A study conducted at FMUSP and University College London showed that uncovering the cerebral mechanisms of physicians can contribute to improved diagnostic methods and techniques, resulting in fewer medical errors

Equipment measures physicochemical changes to materials in cultural objects caused by environmental conditions of museums

The circulation patterns of the Atlantic Ocean could be undergoing transformations that could potentially interfere with the global climate. To understand this phenomenon, an international group of scientists will install a series of monitoring instruments along a line that extends from South America to Africa.

Brazilian researchers participate in one of the groups involved in the search for the so-called "God particle"

The objective of the projects developed by researchers from diverse countries is to increase the scientific understanding of the origin and evolution of the Compositae.

A study published in Molecular Cancer has identified, for the first time, a correlation between highly malignant tumors and the expression of long non-coding RNAs. The study presents a gene expression profile that is correlated with the metastasis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Advances in recent years in research into autism—a global developmental dysfunction that affects the communication, socialization and behavioral capacities of thousands of people worldwide—suggest improved treatment for the behavioral disturbance.

USP and MIT researchers intend to substitute damaged cardiac muscle and induce new vein formation in acute heart attack cases. This novel technique, known as cardiac reparation, uses stem cells.

Distributed throughout every continent in different biomes, species of the family are an absolute evolutionary success, according to José Pirani of USP.

Researchers from Brazil and Sweden utilize single fiber electromyography to detect diseases affecting neuromuscular joints, such as myasthenia gravis

A study that included the participation of an FAPESP fellow published in Science Translational Medicine describes a new molecule that inhibits injury to the heart due to nitroglycerin tolerance.

In an interview with Agência FAPESP, Sara Olalla Saad, of Unicamp's Hematology and Hemotherapy Center, affirms that the disease has been neglected and explains why it is urgent to develop new treatments and study means of prevention.

FAPESP-financed instruments, the only ones of their kind, are installed at the Argentine Observatory.

A material developed by researchers from the United States and Brazil could be used in place of bisphenol A in the epoxy resins used in rigid plastics such as those used in computer boards, packaging and coatings.

The network’s objective will be to strengthen initiatives for the protection of intellectual property, the generation and transfer of technology and the promotion of innovation in the state.

Coordinator of the Minas Gerais Intellectual Property Network speaks about the challenges of managing innovation and intellectual property.

A study conducted by researchers at Universidade de São Paulo’s (USP) Medical School proved the immunogenicity and safety of the H1N1 vaccine against patients with rheumatic autoimmune diseases and in people subjected to immunosuppressive therapy, including individuals with cancer or receiving transplants.

Group publishes article on the connection between the most serious type of skin cancer and the role of micro-RNA in epigenetic alterations that lead to tumor development

Gold medals go to projects for social networks for architectural photographs, biosensors for tumor markers and genetic markers for poultry production

Daniel Hernández Ruipérez, Rector of USAL (left) and FAPESP President Celso Lafer sign the cooperative agreement between the institutions

USP scientists participated in a study that was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Professor emeritus at the Universidade de São Paulo School of Medicine, Brentani was president of the Antônio Prudente Foundation and coordinator of the Center for Cancer Research and Treatment

Researcher produces a list of the fiction censored by the Brazilian dictatorship and analyzes specific cases.

A spiral of scientific culture, proposed by a Unicamp professor, may make it possible to identify common scientific traits between Brazil and the Ibero-American nations.

Equipment reduces disease-causing microorganisms in wastewater through physical phenomenon involving sudden drops in pressure.

The Foundation kicks off a series of meetings with advisors that analyze the 19,000 research funding applications received annually.