All State University of Campinas articles
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NewsStudy reveals how the chikungunya virus deploys multiple organ attack and leads to death
An international team including virologists, physicians, epidemiologists, clinicians, physicists and statisticians has discovered new mechanisms related to central nervous system infection in fatal cases of the infection
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NewsNanoparticles containing lupeol treat visceral leishmaniasis with scant side effects
In animal tests conducted at São Paulo State University (UNESP), the strategy reduced spleen and liver parasite numbers by 99.9%.
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NewsResearchers track yeast population dynamics in fuel bioethanol production
Despite the presence of invasive strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, all of them belong to the ethanol fermentation environment, keeping the industrial process stable, a new study reveals.
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NewsResearchers cultivate microalgae for biofuel production
Researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil have grown microalgae under controlled conditions in a laboratory in order to use their metabolites, especially lipids, with the prime purpose of producing biofuel. Source: Bianca Ramos Estevam Cultivation of microalga B. terribilis and extraction of hydrocarbons ...
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NewsZika virus may combat prostate cancer - but study highlights possible side-effect
When researchers analyzed zika’s effects on normal and cancer cells, they discovered that while the virus can be used to treat the disease, it may trigger a harmful inflammatory process and damage the male reproductive system.
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NewsBiogas produced from apple juice waste can minimize use of fossil fuels in industry
A new study shows that the use of bioenergy from apple pomace avoids greenhouse gas emissions, while the bioreactor can also convert the waste vinto organic fertilizer.
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NewsHundreds of newly discovered microbes could be used as natural fertilizer for poor soil
The discovery of hundreds of previously unknown microbes in a Brazilian ecosystem could potentially form a basis for the development of biological substitutes for the chemical fertilizers used by farmers, especially those containing phosphorus.
