Paolo Rossi Castelli
The virus passes from humans to dogs, but not vice-versa | IBSA Foundation
The first known case dates back to the beginning of March: a Pomeranian puppy was infected by its owner, who had contracted the coronavirus in Hong Kong.
Now there is proof: Mozart’s music can “heal” | IBSA Foundation
They have called it the Mozart effect, because in tests it is this music by the Salzburg musician that is used most.
Covid-19: the virus doesn’t appear to be so “changeable”
Cautiously optimistic. This is the outcome of one of the most complete and realistic studies conducted to the present date on the mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 ...
“False” vitamins to fight the most frightening bacteria | IBSA Foundation
Vitamins are fundamental molecules not only for human life, but also for the lives of many other living organisms, including bacteria.
Organoids for the most effective chemotherapy to treat cancer | IBSA Foundation
Organoids are tiny parts of organs created in the laboratory using “real” cells of the body (which are grown on specific sterile well plates). Hence, they can ...
New markers tell us who can defend themselves well from Covid-19 | IBSA Foundation
While the Covid-19 pandemic is showing no signs of slowing-down one key aspect is starting to become clearer: why do some people recover and others die from ...
Reawakening of sea bacteria after 100 million years
They are a hundred thousand years old, although they don’t show it: for all these years they were “stuck” in the depths of the ocean. But...
Key molecule discovered to treat blindness in the elderly | IBSA Foundation
The Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla are offering hope in the treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration
Covid-19: defence depends (not only) on antibodies | IBSA Foundation
The symptoms of Covid-19 sufferers cover a very wide range between two extremes, from a total absence of any signs of the disease to death
Mapping of blood vessels
Measure blood flow is essential in many diseases for understanding how much blood, oxygen and nutrients reach our tissues and organs
An irresistible antibiotic from Princeton researchers | IBSA Foundation
After many years of studies and unsuccessful attempts, the fight against the bacteria resistant to normal drugs may be at a turning point.
More risk of the greenhouse effect because of a virus
On the surface of our oceans a phage (i.e. a virus that infects bacteria) risks modifying the fine balance that regulates oxygen and carbon dioxide production.
Chronic stress - the identification of anxiety’s circuit-breaker” | IBSA Foundation
It has been known for some time that chronic stress may also have “physical” consequences on the body, triggering, for example, inflammation of the nervous ...
A new vaccine against Ebola developed by the U.S. Army | IBSA Foundation
While more than 100 types of vaccines against Covid-19 are being studied around the world, the search for drugs that activate our immune defences against ...
The reason why the virus that causes Covid-19 is so infectious
Why is the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes the Covid-19 illness, so efficient and, therefore, so infectious?
Discovery of the “mechanisms” of enigmatic giant viruses
A study conducted by Michigan University (USA) is shedding new light on giant viruses - enigmatic viruses that are huge compared to their well-known “relatives”
Could a blood test detect Parkinson’s in advance?
Parkinson’s disease has an autoimmune origin, at least in part, and the signs of the onset of this disease could be found well in advance by looking for ...
Covid-19, a task force at Harvard to accelerate vaccines
The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the efforts of the international scientific community to gain a much deeper understanding of how the immune system works