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Heparin dose capable of preventing COVID-19 deaths is four times higher than the dose recommended by WHO

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

This is one of the main findings of a clinical trial involving 465 patients at 28 hospitals in six countries, including Brazil. The likelihood of dying was 78% lower for the group given a therapeutic dose of the anti-coagulant.

Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Artificial intelligence accelerates search for markers of resistance to sugarcane yellow leaf disease

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

Researchers used machine learning algorithms and traditional statistical methods to associate disease resistance with genetic traits. One of the varieties considered resistant has just been launched commercially in Brazil.

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Ancestors of whale sharks in Panama may come from distant waters

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Genetic population connectivity study of the endangered whale shark in Pacific Panama provides important baseline data for conservation efforts

Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science
Funder: MarViva Foundation, International Community Foundation, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Secretaria Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación de Panamá

Scientists discover how forest fires influence rain cloud formation in the Amazon

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

Particles released into the atmosphere by fire modify the water droplet freezing process and can affect precipitation, according to a paper in Communications Earth & Environment.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Horse hyperimmune antibody may help the fight against COVID-19, Brazilian study finds

Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem (INBEB)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A Brazilian study has demonstrated that a hyperimmune antibody produced in horses may be an efficient approach to combat covid-19. Tests conducted in hamsters showed the ability of the treatment to reduce viral load in the pulmonary tissues, and to improve the animal clinical conditions. The neutralizing activity of the equine antibody cocktail has been proved to be high against the P.1 (Gamma) and P.2 variants.

Journal: iScience
Funder: Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation for Virus Network, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Research Support in the State of Rio de Janeiro (Faperj), Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes), National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging (INBEB)

Opportunistic bacterium increases its virulence by ‘poaching’ zinc and iron from hosts

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

Researchers at the University of São Paulo have unraveled the strategy used by Chromobacterium violaceum, a pathogen found in water and soil in tropical and subtropical regions, to increase its capacity to replicate and infect host organisms. The discovery offers a route for the development of novel therapies.

Journal: Infection and Immunity
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences joins ASU’s Global Futures Lab

Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
Business Announcement

In a major development in the bid to deepen the understanding of the role that the ocean plays in climate science, Arizona State University (ASU) President Michael Crow announced today that ASU, a leading research university, has established a partnership with the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), one of the longest-serving research institutes dedicated to studying ocean processes in the Western Hemisphere.

Aquatic fungus has already wiped amphibians off the map and now threatens survival of terrestrial frogs

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

A study detected unprecedented mortality in the Atlantic Rainforest among tiny frogs that live on land, with signs of infection by chytrid fungus. The episode coincided with an atypical period of drought, which may have forced the animals to seek water in streams where the pathogen is abundant.

Journal: Biological Conservation
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Unique dinosaur-era fossil bridges a gap in the evolution of crabs

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The oldest and most complete fossil crab ever discovered suggests that these animals ventured onto land at least 25 to 50 million years earlier than previously thought

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Geographic Society, 111 project (China), Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities (China), Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies

Citizen scientists help assure quality of coastal biodiversity monitoring

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

A study conducted in the port city of Santos (Brazil) by researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo shows collaboration between civil society and academia achieving progress toward the goals of the UN Ocean Decade.

Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo