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Combination of drugs produces promising results in combating cancer and will be clinically trialed in Europe

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

Brazilian researchers innovated by stimulating tumor cells so much that they became stressed and could survive only by behaving like healthy cells. The results of the study were so promising that the researchers plan to hold clinical trials with patients, to be conducted in the Netherlands before the end of 2024.

Journal: Cancer Discovery
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Important region of marine ecosystem in Southwest Atlantic is shallower than expected, study finds

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

Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo determined for the first time the vertical limits of the subtropical ocean region off the South American coast. They found that the upper limit of the mesotrophic zone, previously assumed to be 30 meters below the surface, was in fact in much shallower waters.

Journal: Marine Environmental Research
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Mild COVID-19 can cause long-term cognitive losses

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

A study involving 302 volunteers showed that although the damage caused by SARS-CoV-2 was most intense among those who had severe COVID-19, some exhibited memory loss and attention deficit more than 18 months after being infected, even though they had not needed to be hospitalized.

Journal: BMC Psychology
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Study proposes changes to simplify legislation on Atlantic Rainforest biome and enhance conservation

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

Lack of a method to classify forest succession stages in the applicable legislation allows for destruction of forest areas that provide important ecosystem services. The authors propose changes to make measurements more accurate and eliminate a step in permit applications that is ineffective and costly for landowners.

Journal: Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

SARS-CoV-2 pandemic increases maternal deaths from non-respiratory causes, study finds

MELISA Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A natural experiment during the peak of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak revealed a different impact on pregnant women than previous pandemics. The study published in PLOS Global Public Health showed that it was not respiratory diseases, but other conditions that increased mortality.

Journal: PLOS Global Public Health
Funder: FISAR, FISAR

Enhanced information in national policies can accelerate Africa's efforts to track climate adaptation

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

New analysis of African national adaptation policy documents finds that most fail to provide comprehensive and consistent information. But the authors also uncover compelling examples of robust plans which hold lessons for upcoming climate talks.

Journal: Nature Climate Change

Study identifies protein that helps COVID-19 virus evade immune system

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

Discovery of a new viral evasion mechanism, and of a monoclonal antibody that subverts it, is an advance in immunotherapy offering the prospect of effective host-directed treatment to combat infections.

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

Foreign direct investments may fuel tropical deforestation

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

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in food systems are a major contributor to deforestation in tropical countries, an advanced machine learning model shows.

Laws requiring deforestation-free exports are welcome but likely address only a fraction of forest loss potentially linked to FDI in food systems in domestic markets.

Better regulation of FDI in domestic food production is needed to save more forest cover.

FDI’s contribution to the “supermarketization” of diets in tropical regions is strongly linked to deforestation, pointing to the need for a food-systems-wide approach.

Journal: Scientific Reports

The Alliance and icipe solidify longstanding relationship, creating major framework for research and development in Africa and beyond

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Business Announcement

n a landmark move for research and development in Africa and beyond, two major institutions: The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), jointly known as The Alliance; and the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

Scientists call for urgent action to tackle nutritional crisis devastating the Yanomami

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

In an article published in Nature Medicine, a group at the State University of Campinas stresses that Yanomami children are suffering the most severe nutritional deficit of any Indigenous community in the Americas and warns of long-term consequences for health.

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

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