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A collection of regularly updated articles designed to make the world of science and health more accessible and engaging.
Paolo Rossi Castelli01 Apr 20202 min read

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 ...
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Paolo Rossi Castelli20 Mar 20202 min read

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.
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Luca Nicola18 Mar 20204 min read

Coronavirus: the evolutionary perspective | IBSA Foundation

You must know your enemy in order to defeat them: this ancient and very wise saying could help us to look at the impact that the SARS-CoV2 is having on our ...
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Paolo Rossi Castelli16 Mar 20202 min read

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.
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Luca Nicola06 Mar 20202 min read

How the first black holes were formed | IBSA Foundation

The young astronomer Edwige Pezzulli shows a photograph of what the universe looked like in the very beginning, almost 14 billion years ago.
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Paolo Rossi Castelli04 Mar 20202 min read

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
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Paolo Rossi Castelli26 Feb 20201 min read

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.
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Paolo Rossi Castelli19 Feb 20202 min read

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.
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Luca Nicola14 Feb 20203 min read

Hannah Fry - Love’s secret formula | IBSA Foundation

“I believe that mathematics is so powerful that it has the potential to offer us a new way of looking at almost anything. Even something as mysterious as love”.
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Paolo Rossi Castelli12 Feb 20202 min read

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.
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Paolo Rossi Castelli05 Feb 20202 min read

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 ...
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Luca Nicola03 Feb 20202 min read

The courage to accept our emotions

The World Health Organization has reported that depression is now the single leading cause of disability globally
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Paolo Rossi Castelli29 Jan 20202 min read

New anti-cancer molecules from old drugs

The anti-cancer drugs of the future may also come from the past.
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Luca Nicola22 Jan 20202 min read

Alan Smith - Statistics are about us

We have to admit that, usually, if we are asked to state a fascinating field of knowledge, statistics never ever springs to mind.
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Paolo Rossi Castelli20 Jan 20202 min read

“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.
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Luca Nicola15 Jan 20201 min read

Asimov, much more than a science-fiction writer

Space travel, robots, galactic empires: these are the extraordinary scenes that fill the pages of the books by Isaac Asimov, one of the great masters of ...
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Paolo Rossi Castelli13 Jan 20201 min read

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, ...
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Luca Nicola20 Dec 20193 min read

Taking care of others: a great way to reduce stress

Stress makes us sick only if we believe it makes us sick. This is the interesting theory of Kelly McGonigal, a psychologist from Stanford University
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