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Compound that kills drug-resistant fungi is isolated from ant microbiota - Scientists discovered cyphomycin, which, when tested in vitro and in vivo, was shown to kill fungi that cause diseases in humans, such as aspergillosis, a disease with a mortality as high as 85% even after antifungal drugs.

7 years ago agencia.fapesp.br disease

Oversized meals have been shown to be a factor in obesity - A new study conducted in Brazil, China, Finland, Ghana, India and the United States found 94% of meals served in restaurants contain more than the recommended number of calories.

7 years ago agencia.fapesp.br china

A single dose of cannabidiol in rats with symptoms of depression eliminated the symptoms on the same day and maintained the beneficial effects for 7 days, finds a new study.

7 years ago agencia.fapesp.br

Low-protein diet during pregnancy increases prostate cancer risk in offspring

7 years ago agencia.fapesp.br cancer

Scientists create model to evaluate possibility of life on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, based on an analogous environment on Earth at a depth of 2.8 km, where bacterium has been found to survive without sunlight by means of water radiolysis, the dissociation of water molecules by ionizing radiation.

8 years ago agencia.fapesp.br earth

Cocaine use during adolescence is even more harmful than during adulthood

8 years ago agencia.fapesp.br

Reduction in Amazon deforestation avoids 1,700 deaths per year

10 years ago agencia.fapesp.br amazon