“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?
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 ...
The infosphere is transforming our lives | IBSA Foundation
Today, we are living in unprecedented times, in which the clear division of the online and offline worlds no longer exists: this new dimension is what Floridi ...
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 ...
A smart bandage for treating chronic wounds | IBSA Foundation
What inspires a teenager to take on the great scientific and engineering challenge of inventing the first ‘intelligent’ dressing? Anushka Naiknaware, who at ...
Which scientific fields will have the greatest impact on our lives?
In a recent interview Holden Thorp, a chemist and the editor-in-chief of “Science”, one of the most respected science journals in the world, spoke about...
Preventing the next pandemic? | IBSA Foundation
To successfully deal with the crisis caused by this pandemic, what lessons can we learn from the past? And what do we have to do to try and avoid a repetition ...
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...
“Soft” muscles for robots of the future | IBSA Foundation
Christoph Keplinger is challenging the current limitations of robots and rethinking them in terms of how they look, how they work and what they can do.