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Nascimento Prematuro , Gravidez , Feminino , Humanos , Nascimento Prematuro/terapia , Útero , TecnologiaRESUMO
Research on harnessing the immune system to fight against diseases from cancer to allergies has been making progress but unintended side effects still pose challenges.
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Efeitos Colaterais e Reações Adversas Relacionados a Medicamentos , Hipersensibilidade , Neoplasias , Humanos , Imunoterapia/efeitos adversos , Neoplasias/terapia , Sistema Imunitário , Hipersensibilidade/terapiaRESUMO
Should more research funding be directed towards scientists' peak years of creativity and productivity?
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Criatividade , Recursos HumanosRESUMO
Accelerating efforts to understand neuston, mysterious communities of organisms that reside on or near the ocean surface.
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Pesquisadores , Humanos , Oceanos e MaresRESUMO
A variety of lifespans, faster ageing processes, and shared social spaces with humans mean studies of our canine friends hold great potential for shining light on ageing and cognitive decline.
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Envelhecimento , Disfunção Cognitiva , Cães , Humanos , Animais , AprendizagemRESUMO
Improved methods to quantify genetic diversity could inform conservation and restauration measures to protect threatened species.
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Conservação dos Recursos Naturais , Extinção Biológica , Animais , Conservação dos Recursos Naturais/métodos , Ecossistema , Espécies em Perigo de Extinção , Variação GenéticaRESUMO
The Turing diffusion model emerges as an explanation for pattern formation in many species and across biological scales.
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Equidae , Modelos Biológicos , AnimaisRESUMO
The observation that soil-dwelling fungi seem to exchange information via electrical impulses has raised new interest about their interactions with plants and their ecological significance.
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Fungos , Madeira , Madeira/microbiologia , Fungos/genética , Plantas , SoloRESUMO
The discovery that tumours have their own specific microbiome, together with more understanding of the role of the gut microbiome, has great potential for cancer diagnostics and targeted therapies.
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Microbioma Gastrointestinal , Microbiota , Neoplasias , Humanos , Neoplasias/terapiaRESUMO
Various studies that have questioned the scientific evidence for established autism treatments have attracted both criticisms but also inspired new research to apply treatment more efficiently.
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Transtorno do Espectro Autista , Transtorno Autístico , Humanos , Transtorno do Espectro Autista/terapiaRESUMO
The discovery of rare cases of males cannibalising females sheds new light on the selective forces behind sexual cannibalism in the animal kingdom.
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Canibalismo , Comportamento Sexual Animal , Animais , Feminino , MasculinoRESUMO
Driven by economics and pressure to reduce the number of mammals, non-mammalian animal models are becoming valuable alternatives for translational and preclinical research.
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Mamíferos , Animais , Modelos Animais , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Avaliação Pré-Clínica de MedicamentosRESUMO
The fight against mosquito-borne diseases requires a combination of new vaccines, non-pharmaceutical interventions and novel strategies to target the mosquito vectors.
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Doenças Transmitidas por Vetores , Humanos , Doenças Transmitidas por Vetores/prevenção & controleRESUMO
This year's outbreak of avian flu has been the worst ever and prompted much debate and research on developing vaccines for domestic and wild birds.
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Influenza Aviária , Animais , Animais Selvagens , Aves , Surtos de Doenças/veterinária , Europa (Continente)/epidemiologia , Influenza Aviária/epidemiologia , Influenza Aviária/prevenção & controleRESUMO
Research on artificial photosynthesis has made considerable progress recently by combining natural and man-made systems for higher efficiency of solar energy conversion.
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Fotossíntese , Energia Solar , Humanos , Tecnologia , Segurança AlimentarRESUMO
Natural products are highly sought after in medicine, agriculture, and industry. The challenge is to find these and their underlying biochemical pathways and genes.
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Produtos Biológicos , Agricultura , Produtos Biológicos/metabolismo , Biologia Computacional , Ouro , Mineração , Análise de Sequência de DNARESUMO
The study of ancient genes in contemporary species is providing new insights about how organisms adapted to new environments during evolution.
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Arqueologia , Aprendizado Profundo , Adaptação Fisiológica , AlgoritmosRESUMO
In the wake of economic sanctions, Western funding agencies are increasingly halting scientific collaboration with Russia.