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Inspired by colleagues in a dozen other specialties, Mirza Melo, a veterinary ophthalmologist in northeastern Brazil's ��𲹰�á state, tested tilapia skin to treat a pervasive problem in her field: corneal ulcers and perforations, particularly in dogs with short snouts.

Brazil's Burn Support Institute and the Federal University of ��𲹰�á—home of the Tilapia Skin Project, which pioneered the skin's use to treat burns—approached her about the surgical technique.

Vidal Filho was convicted by a criminal court in Brazil, along with three other military police officers, for the slaying of 11 people, three attempted homicides and torture in the poor suburbs of Fortaleza, the capital of the Ceara state.

Vidal was convicted by a criminal court in the state of Ceara, Brazil, along with three other military police officers of 11 murder charges, and charges of attempted murder and physical and mental torture, the ERO office said.

But Charvet, of the Federal University of ��𲹰�á showed me photos from her local grocery store, which had frozen cação for sale.