News from Latin America

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14-Nov-2024

Researchers use nanotechnology to boost benefits of anthocyanin

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Plant-based pigment with antioxidant and anticancer properties breaks down easily in the gastrointestinal tract and under adverse environmental conditions. To avoid the problem, researchers at the University of São Paulo inserted the compound into pectin-coated nanoparticles, enhancing its bioavailability.

Journal

Food Research International

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13-Nov-2024

Joint pain associated with depressive symptoms accelerates cognitive decline in the elderly

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

The findings underscore the need to pay more attention to depressive symptoms and joint pain in older adults in primary care settings. Conclusion comes from study that followed more than 4,000 people aged 50 or older for 12 years; damage is mainly in brain areas associated with memory.

Journal

Aging & Mental Health

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13-Nov-2024

Light-based therapy reduces pain associated with peripheral diabetic neuropathy, study proves

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

The study was conducted at the Federal University of São Paulo and involved 144 diabetic patients, who were treated with monochromatic infrared light and physical therapy.

Journal

Pain Management Nursing

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13-Nov-2024

Researchers use high-resolution images to create model that predicts landslide risk in coastal areas

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

The inventory identified some 1,000 landslide points in São Sebastião (São Paulo state, Brazil). The research group is now using airborne laser scanning and other data inputs to create a methodology capable of more precise results.

Journal

Brazilian Journal of Geology

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12-Nov-2024

Low-cost method removes micro- and nanoplastics from water

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

The strategy developed at the University of São Paulo uses magnetic nanoparticles that bind to tiny plastic particles and permit their removal with the aid of a magnet.

Journal

Micron

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12-Nov-2024

Multidrug-resistant bacterium posing a global public health threat is detected in Northeast Brazil

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

This particular strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae had previously been detected in the United States. The bacterium frequently causes infections in hospitals, is not eliminated by any existing antibiotic, and is especially dangerous for people with low immunity.

Journal

The Lancet Microbe

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8-Nov-2024

Stalling a disease that could annihilate banana production is a high-return investment in Colombia

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

There’s no cure for a fungal disease that could potentially wipe out much of global banana production. Widespread adoption of cement paths, disinfection stations, and production strategies could net 3-4 USD of benefits for each dollar invested in Colombia. 

Journal

PLOS One

7-Nov-2024

Studies point to correlation between preeclampsia and COVID-19 in pregnant women

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A review article by researchers at the State University of Campinas and Baylor College of Medicine discusses relationships between these two conditions, identifying biomarkers that can help clinicians make a differential diagnosis.

Journal

American Journal Of Reproductive Immunology

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6-Nov-2024

Study shows how high blood sugar increases risk of thrombosis

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Discoveries by Brazilian researchers belonging to a FAPESP-supported research center could lead to strategies to prevent cardiovascular disease associated with diabetes.

Journal

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

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5-Nov-2024

Water overuse in MATOPIBA could mean failure to meet up to 40% of local demand for crop irrigation

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Overuse of water resources in Brazil’s main agricultural frontier region, in conjunction with climate change, is reducing replenishment of the Urucuia aquifer and surface water bodies in the basin of a tributary of the São Francisco, the largest river  in the Northeast. 

Journal

AMBIO

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