Paolo Rossi Castelli
How humans facilitate virus spillover | IBSA Foundation
Is there a link between environmental change and virus spillover (i.e. the passage of viruses from animals to humans)?
Reducing salt strengthens the immune system
There is something we can all do to strengthen our immune defences: drastically reducing our salt intake, which in the West, on average, is double the amount ...
How robots are helping to treat coronavirus patients
The editorial of the journal Science Robotics is also dedicated to the potential of robots in the wards, especially during an emergency situation like the one ...
Cancer diagnosis thanks to the DNA “lost” in our microbiome? | IBSA Foundation
We have known for some time that the bacteria found in our intestines and in other areas of our bodies can, in certain cases, play a role in the onset or ...
Stem cells cultivated in space for more “precise” treatments | IBSA Foundation
The basic idea of the researchers from UZH Space Hub is that stem cells, finding themselves in low gravity conditions, are able to develop spontaneously.
More precise mammograms with artificial intelligence | IBSA Foundation
Artificial Intelligence (or AI) is playing an ever increasing role in medicine, especially in the oncology sector.
New “strategy” for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy | IBSA Foundation
Physiologists from the Perelman School of Medicine are offering new hope for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
More effective treatments thanks to “transparent”organs
Making human organs "transparent" in order to understand the finest details of their structure and to find more effective treatments.
Fragments of Ebola for combatting brain tumors | IBSA Foundation
It may seem strange but, Ebola, could prove useful in the treatment of one of the most malignant kind of brain tumors: glioblastoma.
A powerful weapon to fight viruses from a modified sugar
In recent weeks we have heard a lot of talk about a category of drugs that continue to fall short of our needs: antiviral drugs.
Multiple sclerosis, a new technique for early diagnosis
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved an experiment on a group of volunteers that could lead to significant improvements in the early diagnosis of ...
New anti-cancer molecules from old drugs
The anti-cancer drugs of the future may also come from the past.
“Neurorestore” restoring movement to paraplegics
The technology developed by Grégoire Courtine and Jocelyne Bloch who, in 2018, made it possible for three paraplegic patients to rise from their wheelchairs.
The genetic variants that predispose us to anxiety
Anxiety is linked to the variants of at least 6 genes that are also partially involved in the incidence of other mood disorders, such as depression, ...
We really do get “brainwashed” when we sleep
A team of neuroradiologists and bioengineers managed to “film” the movement of cerebrospinal fluid
From a protein new hopes for diabetes type 2 care
There may be a new strategy in the future for treating type 2 diabetes from researchers of Cornell University in New York and Harvard Medical School in Boston
Parkinson’s? It starts in the brain, but also in the intestine
Parkinson’s disease could be much more complex than what has been believed up till now and, in particular, various sub-types of the disease could exist.
Cancer-driving mutation in the “dark matter” of DNA
The genetic code does not carry out its main function: to code and “produce” proteins. This is why it has been called the dark matter of DNA.