Paolo Rossi Castelli
And that is how the ear can “regenerate” hearing
A study conducted from the Universities of Rochdale and Harvard is offering new hope to people that lost their hearing following the deterioration of the ...
The map of microbial “dark matter” | IBSA Foundation
In additional to cosmic dark matter, there is also another kind of dark matter: that made up of bacteria and micro-organisms outside the human body.
New gloves for “grasping” virtual objects | IBSA Foundation
Bioengineers from Lausanne have developed an ultrathin glove that let users “touch” objects created through virtual reality.
Do too many detergents contribute to childhood obesity?
Obsession with domestic hygiene could be detrimental to children’s health, because it alters intestinal bacteria and, hence, children’s metabolism.
Human bone stem cells (finally) found | IBSA Foundation
A team of researchers and surgeons have identified human bone stem cells, capable of generating other bone cells and cartilage.
Are there signs of the risk of Alzheimer’s in the back of the eye?
An examination of the back of the eye and of the retina, could help to diagnose Alzheimer’s long before the appearance of clinical symptoms.
Even the intestine produces electrical energy
A group of researchers has discovered that the bacteria that populate our intestine are able to generate electricity
8.000 new antibiotic combinations to fight bacteria
While waiting for new antibiotics, a study is coming from California for an effective solution to infections that are difficult to fight today.
New "strategy" for repairing spinal cord injuries | IBSA Foundation
A study set up from the collaboration between the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne and the University of California, Los Angeles campus, has led to a ...
"Revolution" for the universal flu vaccine
We are getting closer to the possibility of creating a universal vaccine against all (or almost all) the possible forms of influenza, without the need to ...
Ultra-thin nervous “tissue” for treating eye problems
There is new hope in the treatment of serious eye diseases thanks to a new type of artificial retina developed by researchers in the Aerospace Engineering and ...
Does antitubercular vaccine work against diabetes?
An old tuberculosis vaccine, developed in the 20s of the last century by the bacteriologist Albert Calmette and the vet Camille Guérin (both French researchers ...
Within marine sponges new antibacterial substances
The solution to one of the big issues of world health, i.e. the growing resistance to antibiotics by many types of bacteria, may also come from the sea and, ...
New gene therapy to restore hand function
A new hope for recovery of hands functionality after a spinal cord injury comes from researchers at King's College London
Discovered 27 unknown infecting bees viruses
An international team of researchers has identified 27 types of viruses, hitherto unknown, that infect bees (the results of the study were published in the ...
Recreate the intestine? You can, thanks (also) to a spring
Recreate in the lab animal, or even human organs (or parts of them), similar to those present inside the body, to better study diseases and possible ...
For the first time, a lab-created human prion
Do you remember the mad cow syndrome and especially its human version, Creutzfeldt Jakob's disease? After the emergencies of about twenty years ago, we do not ...
Sea waves? They "throw" viruses and bacteria
For several decades, between 1800 and 1900, one of the popular therapies more or less for any illness envisaged exposure to sea air, without any supporting ...