Paolo Rossi Castelli
140,000 different types of viruses in our gut
Surprising study published in the journal Cell. Many of these viruses infect gut bacteria.
Cells are good at using “collective intelligence”
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London have uncovered the way that cells “decide” together how to build new blood vessels.
Can a virus slow down pancreatic cancer?
British and Chinese researchers have genetically modified the Vaccinia virus, making it capable of infecting and destroying cancer cells.
Covid – schizophrenia is a high-risk factor
According to a study, people with this disease are three times more likely to die from Covid than the average person
Breast cancer – androgens to boost therapies
Male hormones, used many years ago and then abandoned (due to their excessive side effects), are now being used once again
“Heating” chemoteraphy to make it more effective
The chemotherapy of the future could be administered through nanometre particles and heated by magnetic fields.
Surprise: the Covid pandemic has got rid of the flu
Of the many things brought by Covid-19, there is one that has left researchers baffled: the disappearance of the classic flu, or almost.
Magnetic bacteria for super-precise anti-cancer treatments
A team from ETH Zurich is studying a new way, with an added element of science fiction, to make anti-cancer drugs reach the right point inside the body of ...
Intestinal bacteria shapes the immune system | IBSA Foundation
There is a very close link between our immune system and intestinal microbiota (i.e. all the "good" bacteria that live in our intestines)
Hunting for patients' secrets who resist cancer
We have known for a long time that a small number of cancer patients react in an extraordinarily effective way to treatment. These people, called exceptional ...
Chapare, a new worrying and dangerous virus in Bolivia
It is called Chapare, and until some time ago it was an unknown virus, but now it is a cause for concern. In particular, experts are trying to figure out where ...
New health tests resulting from the movement of “cilia”
Not many people know this, but our health and our wellbeing also depend on very thin filaments (much thinner than hair) that literally float along our ...
Do some forms of psychosis have an autoimmune origin? | IBSA Foundation
Do schizophrenia and other forms of psychosis have an autoimmune component? In other words, are they caused by errors in the immune system that attack nerve ...
A “technological” patch for heart attack damages | IBSA Foundation
A hyper-technological patch may perhaps help, in the future, to repair hearts damaged by a heart attack. The results achieved on animals by researchers from ...
“Cultured” meat to reduce the problems of animal farming
Lab-grown meat has made new progress and is starting to resemble “natural” meat more and more. This is confirmed in a study of Tufts University Boston ...
“CAR” cells also for treating childhood cancers | IBSA Foundation
Using a cutting-edge immunotherapy, called CAR, researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have managed to block neuroblastoma
Covid-19 and air pollution, dangerously intertwined | IBSA Foundation
Air pollution appears to have a very close connection with the seriousness of Covid-19. This is confirmed by a study carried out by...
An algorithm to correct drugs that are too “masculine” | IBSA Foundation
An algorithm that uses artificial intelligence systems to predict the ways that many drugs currently on the market, can create unexpected problems for women.