Renan Faria Guerra

Dr. Renan Faria Guerra


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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20 April 2024 in Microorganisms
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MNMatheus Morais Neves
Matheus Morais Neves
RGRenan Faria Guerra
Renan Faria Guerra
ILIsabela Lemos de Lima
Isabela Lemos de Lima
TAThomas Santos Arrais
Thomas Santos Arrais
MVMarco Guevara Vega
Marco Guevara Vega
MSMurilo Vieira Silva
Murilo Vieira Silva
Currently, there is a wide application in the literature of the use of the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) technique. This basic tool has also proven to be efficient for detecting molecules associated with hosts and pathogens in infections, as well as other molecules present in humans and animals’ biological samples. However, there is a crisis in science data reproducibility. This crisis can also be observed in data from experimental animal models (EAMs). When it comes to rodents, a major challenge is to carry out sanitary monitoring, which is currently expensive and requires a large volume of biological samples, generating ethical, legal, and psychological conflicts for professionals and researchers. We carried out a survey of data from the relevant literature on the use of this technique in different diagnostic protocols and combined the data with the aim of presenting the technique as a promising tool for use in EAM. Since FTIR can detect molecules associated with different diseases and has advantages such as the low volume of samples required, low cost, sustainability, and provides diagnostic tests with high specificity and sensitivity, we believe that the technique is highly promising for the sanitary and stress and the detection of molecules of interest of infectious or non-infectious origin.