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.
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.
DNA tests: what do they really tell us about our ancestors? | IBSA Foundation
DNA tests work really well to find out who a person’s parents are, but can give less reliable responses in other cases. To understand why, we have to know ...
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 ...
Why are sugary foods so hard to resist? | IBSA Foundation
Sugar is a word that we all know, and that we usually associate with a sweetening ingredient. In fact, it is a general term...
“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.
Our neurons move like fish | IBSA Foundation
What do a school of fish swimming in perfect harmony and our brain cells have in common?