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Researchers provide evidence of possible new therapeutic targets for melanoma and enhanced treatment of vitiligo.

Discovery paves the way for developing strategies designed to block viral replication in the vector mosquito and prevent transmission to humans.

More drastic measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be needed to avert a global temperature rise of more than 2°C by 2100.

Climate variability in the region and in Brazil overall was discussed at the National Science & Technology Institute on Climate Change conference.

Researchers who developed a toadfish venom antiserum have discovered that the venom contains a peptide that has anti-inflammatory activity and may be used to treat multiple sclerosis.

Therapeutic strategy tested in mice cuts atherosclerosis lesion area by 74% and release of inflammatory molecules by 68%.

GOAmazon researchers describe in Nature the role of clouds as transporters of particles between the ground and the upper atmosphere. New knowledge will enhance climate models.

Study shows that investment in research, expansion of mechanization and focus on production of commodities were some of the factors that contributed to this leap.

Composition uses software to distribute sound elements to a system of independent loudspeakers according to precise spatial trajectories.

Experiments with rats show that sleeping less than necessary during pregnancy may impair renal development in offspring and predispose them to disease.

New species of dragonfly named Erythrodiplax ana has brown spots on its wingtips and a waxy body coating.

Experiments with animals show that reducing dietary caloric intake by 40% protects neurons from damage caused by excessive calcium, associated with neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.

São Paulo Research Foundation's investment in scientific and technological research increased 3.1% in 2015.

Research shows sexual selection may also have contributed to an evolutionary shift in frogs' reproductive modes, with some species preferring to breed on land.

Compound controls rise in blood pressure in cases associated with sympathetic hyperactivity. Results of preclinical trials are published in Nature Medicine.

Brazilian and US researchers present results of trials showing that three different candidate Zika vaccines protected rhesus monkeys against the disease.

Findings were published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Another article, published in American Journal of Transplantation, reports manifestations of Zika in transplant recipients.

Researcher examines how Portuguese-speaking African writers such as Mia Couto absorbed landscapes, characters and innovative language from Brazilian literature.

Emerson Franchini ranks third worldwide in terms of the number of scientific articles on Olympic sports published in indexed journals in the past 15 years.

Some 130,000 blue stars in the Galaxy's halo were observed by researchers at the University of São Paulo, in collaboration with colleagues in the United States. The results were published in Nature Physics.

Nanotubes dispersed in liquid crystal were rearranged using electrical signals to act as a nanocircuit. The study opens up a whole new field of research and application in electronic circuits.

Diaphorina citri, the insect that transmits the most serious threat to orange groves in Brazil and worldwide, is repelled by essential oils found in three species of Citrus.

The hypothesis was investigated at the University of São Paulo by Denise Morais da Fonseca, a prizewinner of the 11th edition of "Awards For Women in Science".

Study estimates that public money invested in agriculture through higher education, research and extension in São Paulo State, Brazil, yields a tenfold return to the state's economy.

The peptide hemopressin inhibits pain and assists recovery of peripheral nerves in mice.

The molecular mechanisms by which luciferase emits greenish light in fireflies and reddish light in beetles have been unveiled by Brazilian researchers in collaboration with a Japanese scientist.

Preliminary findings from research conducted under the aegis of the Zika Network were presented at the annual meeting of Brazil's Federation of Experimental Biology Societies.

Synthetic analogs of a molecule extracted from Piper malacophyllum displayed up to 40 times the potency of standard drugs used against the protozoans that cause Chagas disease and visceral leishmaniasis.

Resistance to the movement of the tip of an atomic force microscope varies by up to 80% depending on scanning direction. This discovery is expected to contribute to nanodevice production.

Peptide fragments marked with a radioactive isotope are evaluated as biomarkers of the degenerative process that leads to neuron death.

Results of experiments with mice have been published by Brazilian researchers in The Journal of Physiology.

The virus can remain active in a newborn's body for two months, according to detailed study by Brazilian researchers published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

International consortium of public health research agencies supports research on chronic non-communicable diseases. FAPESP has also joined GloPID-R, a global research network that focuses on infectious diseases.

Analysis of whole thymic tissue samples showed that changes in gene co-expression networks cause primary immune deficiency in these patients.

Researchers deploy mass spectrometry imaging to identify and quantify compounds present in drugs, cosmetics and foods quickly, cheaply and without toxic waste.

The new species are dogfishes belonging to the genus Squalus. They are roughly 70 cm long and weigh about 4 kg. Their habitat begins where the continental shelf ends and extends into the abyssal depths of the ocean.

Article by Brazilian researchers in The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology finds benefits of new therapeutic scheme to be equivalent to daily dose, with a lower risk of gastrointestinal complications.

Article in Science by Global Alliance for Genomics and Health cites Brazilian Initiative on Precision Medicine (BIPMed).

Researchers detect mcr-1 in bacteria isolated from food animals and report the first case of human infection in Brazil by a colistin-resistant strain of E. coli also harboring the gene.

Startup supported by FAPESP develops novel acoustic fingerprinting platform that counts number of times songs are played by radio stations, TV channels and Internet users.

Study points to friction caused by contact with "void" as one of the energy-loss mechanisms affecting these ultracompact astrophysical bodies.

Results could lead to methods for detecting HIV and eliminating viruses in blood bags.

Researchers find that rural communities in remote areas of the Amazon, Northeast and Center-West have similar eating habits to city-dwellers.

Although Latin American countries and BRICS nations are the largest users of nitrogen fertilizer, the impacts of reactive nitrogen emissions have not been evaluated.

Produced by the Center for Metropolitan Studies, the book sets out to make data for São Paulo comparable with data for other major cities of the 'South' and to help reformulate urban theories.

Some cases may be confused with dengue, according to a paper by Brazilian researchers published in the Journal of Clinical Virology.

US trials prove efficacy of three formulations developed by team including São Paulo-based scientists affiliated with FAPESP-funded Zika Research Network.

Researchers have identified shell borers of the class Polychaeta on the northern coast of São Paulo State.

In search of new treatments for diabetes, researchers at the University of Campinas in Brazil investigated the effect of valproic acid and trichostatin on cells grown in the laboratory.

Book describes economic activity, social organization and daily life in the city that was at the forefront of European colonial expansion.