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Scientists use Brazilian wandering spider venom to develop erectile dysfunction treatment

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Researchers in Brazil are investigating the use of a toxic spider venom in a drug to treat erectile dysfunction. They developed a synthetic molecule using certain properties of the spider's poison to create a gel claiming to treat erectile dysfunction. The drug is currently undergoing promising clinical trials. 
 

September 28, 2023
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Built in 1994, the Sao Luiz is one of dozens of ships rusting away in Brazil’s iconic Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro. Once home to vast mangroves and thriving marine life, the bay is now polluted...02:15
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Brazil’s ‘graveyard of ships’ causes trouble in Rio de Janeiro
December 30, 2022
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A suspicious backpack was found near the hotel in Brasilia where Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was staying on December 27, 2022, just days ahead of his inauguration. Local...01:17
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A backpack in Brasilia arouses bomb scare
December 28, 2022
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Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado savannah has hit a seven-year high, surging 25 per cent year on year. An area measuring nearly 10,690 sq km (4,130 square miles), nearly as large as Lebanon, was...01:46
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Brazil’s Cerrado savannah faces record desertification
December 16, 2022
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Japanese and South Korean football fans were left devastated yet proud as their teams crashed out of the Fifa World Cup on December 5, 2022. Croatia beat Japan 3-1 in a penalty shoot-out, while...01:51
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Mixed emotions as Japan and South Korea exit World Cup
December 6, 2022
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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s victory in Brazil’s run-off election is likely to boost ties with China, Brazil’s top trading partner, and the BRICS countries, according to analysts. The 77-year-old...02:06
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Brazil’s incoming president likely to strengthen ties with China
November 2, 2022
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At least 18 people were killed in a police operation targeting criminals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 21, 2022. Heavily armed police officers raided favelas in northern Rio to arrest alleged...02:21
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Police raid kills 18 in Brazilian slum
July 22, 2022
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Brazil, the country with the world’s second-highest Covid-19 death toll, has seen a growing number of pregnant women, babies and young children dying from the disease. On April 16, 2021, the...01:54
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Brazil sees babies, pregnant women die
April 29, 2021
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Brazil reported 4,249 Covid-19 deaths on April 8, 2021, setting a new daily record for the country that is now only second to the US for the most cases and fatalities. President Jair Bolsonaro has...03:12
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Brazil sets new daily record for Covid-19 deaths
April 9, 2021
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Brazil’s streets are normally full of colourful festivities, dancing and huge crowds in the run-up to Ash Wednesday as the country celebrates Carnival. It marks the beginning of Lent, the 40 days...01:38
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Secret parties replace Brazil’s big carnivals
February 17, 2021
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The Covid-19 pandemic has forced Brazil’s to cancel its annual Carnival for the first time in more than 100 years. It comes as the country is reeling from a second wave of coronavirus infections....03:34
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Covid-19: Carnival cancelled in Brazil
February 15, 2021
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Coronavirus has spread rapidly through the Yanomami indigenous reservation in Brazil, according to a report produced by leaders of the Yanomami people. Living in the Amazon rainforest, the tribe of...01:49
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Covid-19 ‘out of control’ in Brazilian indigenous tribe
November 20, 2020
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The first 120,000 doses of CoronaVac, a Covid-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech, arrived at Sao Paulo’s international airport on November 19, 2020.    01:36
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Chinese Covid-19 vaccine lands in Brazil
November 20, 2020
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Chinese electric vehicle producer BYD brought hundreds of Chinese workers on irregular visas to build a factory in Brazil, according to authorities02:18
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BYD ‘slavery-like conditions’ strain China-Brazil relations
January 10, 2025
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A woman in Brazil has been accused of bringing the body of a man who had recently died into a bank and then claiming he was her living uncle who needed to take out a loan. Employees at the bank in...02:18
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Woman hauls corpse into Brazil bank in bid to get a loan
April 18, 2024
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Vehicles torched after Brazil crime boss killed
October 25, 2023