Nombre total de pages vues

26/08/2019

Ciência e Tecnologia - Saude/Medecina : Cientistas portugueses testam com sucesso vacina contra cancro

Imagem relacionada
Cientistas luso-israelitas testaram com sucesso uma vacina contra o melanoma metastático, um cancro agressivo de pele que se dissemina por outros órgãos, tendo aumentando a sobrevivência de ratinhos em laboratório, o que pode ser promissor para travar a doença.

O estudo, coordenado em Portugal pela investigadora Helena Florindo, da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, foi publicado na revista científica britânica Nature Nanotechnology.

A vacina experimental foi usada em ratinhos com melanoma metastático, um tipo de cancro em que os doentes respondem pouco à imunoterapia (tratamento em que são ativadas as células do sistema imunitário para combater o tumor).

No caso, a equipa de Helena Florindo, em parceria com um grupo de trabalho da Universidade de Tel Aviv, de Israel, criou uma vacina capaz de "treinar" o sistema imunitário para reagir contra marcadores biológicos das células tumorais e destruir apenas estas células, evitando efeitos adversos em células ou órgãos saudáveis (como sucede com a quimioterapia).

A cientista explicou à Lusa que a vacina tem na sua composição um açúcar simples (manose) e uma sequência de dois péptidos (frações de proteínas) que está presente nas células de melanoma.

A vacina não vai atuar no tumor, mas nas células dendríticas, que fazem parte do sistema imunitário, que protege o organismo contra agentes invasores.

Segundo Helena Florindo, estas células "vão reconhecer a vacina e torná-la visível" a outras células do sistema imunitário, os linfócitos T, que desempenham um papel fundamental na autodestruição de células cancerígenas.

No fundo, as células dendríticas "vão mostrar" às células T que "é contra esses péptidos [inoculados na vacina] que têm de reagir", adiantou a investigadora da Universidade de Lisboa.

Antes de testarem o efeito terapêutico da vacina nos ratinhos doentes, os cientistas verificaram o seu efeito profilático, quando os roedores foram vacinados antes de desenvolverem um cancro agressivo: metade dos animais sobreviveram "durante um longo tempo" após terem recebido igualmente três doses da vacina experimental, combinada com imunoterapia contra o melanoma metastático.

Num próximo passo, a equipa científica, que pretende patentear a vacina e produzi-la à escala industrial para a testar novamente em animais e depois em humanos, vai estudar as implicações da vacina no cancro do pâncreas, cujos doentes têm uma sobrevida "muito baixa".

Jornal Médico - Portugal

Science & Technology - Astronomy picture of the day : NGC 2170: Angel Nebula Still Life

2019 August 26
See Explanation.  Clicking on the picture will download
the highest resolution version available.
NGC 2170: Angel Nebula Still Life 
Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Lozano de Haro
Explanation: Is this a painting or a photograph? In this classic celestial still life composed with a cosmic brush, dusty nebula NGC 2170, also known as the Angel Nebula, shines near the image center. Reflecting the light of nearby hot stars, NGC 2170 is joined by other bluish reflection nebulae, a red emission region, many dark absorption nebulae, and a backdrop of colorful stars. Like the common household items that still life painters often choose for their subjects, the clouds of gas, dust, and hot stars featured here are also commonly found in this setting -- a massive, star-forming molecular cloud in the constellation of the Unicorn (Monoceros). The giant molecular cloudMon R2, is impressively close, estimated to be only 2,400 light-years or so away. At that distance, this canvas would be over 60 light-years across.

25/08/2019

Science et technologie - Aeronautique - Vidéo : Voici une aile volante de poche : l'Horten HX-2

Présenté pour la première fois début avril au salon Aero Friedrichshafen en Allemagne, le HX-2 est une sorte d’aile volante de poche (voir ses dimensions dans la vidéo). Ce prototype biplace côte à côte vole depuis l’été dernier. Il a été développé en trois ans par la société allemande Horten Aircraft dont le siège est à Eisenach, 200 km à l’est de Cologne. 

Dépourvu de fuselage et doté de winglets en bout d’ailes, le HX-2 pèse 400 kg à vide et peut en théorie parcourir 3 000 km grâce à son profil aérodynamique singulier. Equipé d’une hélice à l’arrière alimentée par un moteur Rotax (912iS) de 100 CV, sa vitesse maximale reste pour l’heure confidentielle. On ne sait pas non plus si cet avion sera produit en série. Ses concepteurs planchent en effet sur d’autres versions. Mais une chose est sûre, sur le tarmac ou dans les airs, le HX-2 fait son petit effet.

Aeronewstv

Science & Technology - Astronomy picture of the day : Leaving Earth

2019 August 25
Leaving Earth Video Credit: NASA/JHU Applied Physics Lab/Carnegie Inst. Washington
Explanation: What it would look like to leave planet Earth? Such an event was recorded visually in great detail by the MESSENGER spacecraft as it swung back past the Earth, eight years ago, on its way in toward the planet Mercury. Earth can be seen rotating in this time-lapse video, as it recedes into the distance. The sunlit half of Earth is so bright that background stars are not visible. The robotic MESSENGER spacecraft is now in orbit around Mercuryand has recently concluded the first complete map of the surface. On occasion, MESSENGER has continued to peer back at its home world. MESSENGER is one of the few things created on the Earth that has left and will never return -- at the end of its mission MESSENGER will be crashed into Mercury's surface.

24/08/2019

Science & Technologie - Aeronautique - Avions du futur : Un Airbus aux longues ailes

Un Airbus aux longues ailes
Sur ce concept d'avion étudié par Airbus pour 2030 à 2050, les ailes sont plus longues et plus fines, pour une meilleure efficacité, le fuselage n'est pas tubulaire mais élargi, pour un volumeintérieur plus grand, les réacteurs sont installés contre le fuselage et non sous les ailes. Selon Airbus, la fiabilité des moteurs futurs sera meilleure et réduira le besoin d'une grande accessibilité. Cette disposition réduit le bruit et autorise des voilures différentes. Ici, l'empennage est en U, sans queue centrale. © Airbus

Science & Technology - Axtronomy picture of the day : Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri

2019 August 24
See Explanation.  Clicking on the picture will download
the highest resolution version available.
Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri 
Image Credit & CopyrightMichael MillerJimmy Walker
Explanation: Globular star cluster Omega Centauri, also known as NGC 5139, is some 15,000 light-years away. The cluster is packed with about 10 million stars much older than the Sun within a volume about 150 light-years in diameter. It's the largest and brightest of 200 or so known globular clusters that roam the halo of our Milky Way galaxy. Though most star clusters consist of stars with the same age and composition, the enigmatic Omega Cen exhibits the presence of different stellar populations with a spread of ages and chemical abundances. In fact, Omega Cen may be the remnant core of a small galaxy merging with the Milky Way.

23/08/2019

Science & Technology - Astronomy picture of the day : NGC 1499: The California Nebula

2019 August 23
See Explanation.  Clicking on the picture will download
the highest resolution version available.
NGC 1499: The California Nebula 
Image Credit & CopyrightSara Wager
Explanation: Drifting through the Orion Arm of the spiral Milky Way Galaxy, this cosmic cloud by chance echoes the outline of California on the west coast of the United States. Our own Sun also lies within the Milky Way's Orion Arm, only about 1,500 light-years from the California Nebula. Also known as NGC 1499, the classic emission nebula is around 100 light-years long. The California Nebula shines with the telltale reddish glow characteristic of hydrogen atoms recombining with long lost electrons. The electrons have been stripped away, ionized by energetic starlight. Most likely providing the energetic starlight that ionizes much of the nebular gas is the bright, hot, bluish star Xi Persei just to the right of the nebula. A popular target for astrophotographers, this deep California Nebula image is a 6 panel telecopic mosaic and covers a wide field of view. The nebula lies toward the constellation Perseus, not far from thePleiades.

22/08/2019

Science & Techology - Astronomie picture of the day : Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945

2019 August 22 
Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945 
Image Credit & CopyrightMartin Pugh
See Explanation.  Clicking on the picture will download
the highest resolution version available.Explanation: Large spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is seen edge-on near the center of this cosmic galaxy portrait. In fact, it's almost the size of our Milky Way Galaxy. NGC 4945's own dusty disk, young blue star clusters, and pink star forming regions standout in the sharp, colorful telescopic image. About 13 million light-years distant toward the expansive southern constellation Centaurus, NGC 4945 is only about six times farther away than Andromeda, the nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way. Though this galaxy's central region is largely hidden from view for optical telescopes, X-ray and infrared observations indicate significant high energy emission and star formation in the core of NGC 4945. Its obscured but active nucleus qualifies the gorgeous island universe as a Seyfert galaxy and home to a central supermassive black hole.

21/08/2019

Science & Technologie - Santé/Médecine : Coup de soleil, danger !


Resultado de imagem para image de coup de soleil

Le coup de soleil est une brûlure superficielle de la peau, qui survient lorsqu'on s'est trop exposé au soleil. Les rayons UVB détériorent le microARN des cellules, ce qui entraîne une réponse inflammatoire de l'organisme. Cela se traduit par une peau chaude, rouge et douloureuse. Dans certains cas, il peut même se former une cloque remplie d'exsudat. L'inflammation disparaît normalement en quelques jours, mais il existe des moyens pour atténuer la douleur et les rougeurs.

Coup de soleil : comment l'apaiser ?
Rafraîchissez la peau en prenant une douche fraîche (entre 15 °C et 20 °C) ou un bain et en appliquant une compresse froide sur la zone douloureuse.
Buvez abondamment pour vous hydrater.
Appliquez une crème émolliente et cicatrisante type Biafine, ou un gel apaisant à l’aloe vera. Favorisez les produits contenant de la vitamine C et E, qui accélèrent la cicatrisation et minimisent la desquamation de la peau.
Ne cherchez pas à percer les cloques ou enlever la peau qui pèle.
Si les douleurs sont importantes, prenez un anti-inflammatoire type aspirine ou ibuprofène.
Couvrez la zone brûlée avec des vêtements en coton non irritants et évitez toute nouvelle exposition au soleil pendant deux à trois semaines.

Futura Sciences - France

Science & Technology - Astronomy picture of the day : The Orion You Can Almost See

2019 August 21
See Explanation.
Moving the cursor over the image will bring up an annotated version.
Clicking on the image will bring up the highest resolution version
available.
The Orion You Can Almost See 
Image Credit & Copyright: John Gleason & Rogelio Bernal Andreo
Explanation: Do you recognize this constellation? Although it is one of the most recognizable star groupings on the sky, this is a more full Orion than you can see -- an Orion only revealed with long exposure digital camera imaging andpost-processing. Here the cool red giant Betelgeuse takes on a strong orange tint as the brightest star at the lower left. Orion's hot blue stars are numerous, with supergiant Rigel balancing Betelgeuse on the upper right, and Bellatrix at the upper left. Lined up in Orion's belt are three stars all about 1,500 light-years away, born from the constellation's well-studied interstellar clouds. To the right of Orion's belt is a bright but fuzzy patch that might also look familiar -- the stellar nursery known as Orion's Nebula. Finally, just barely visible to the unaided eye but quite striking here is Barnard's Loop -- a huge gaseous emission nebula surrounding Orion's Belt and Nebula discovered over 100 years ago by the pioneering Orion photographer E. E. Barnard.

SANTé/MEDECINE - Remèdes de grand-mère 100 % naturels - Dépuratif du foie

À jeun, dès votre réveil, avalez 1 cuillère à soupe d'huile d'olive "première pression à froid". Pour faciliter l'inge...