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.
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.
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.
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”.
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 ...
The courage to accept our emotions
The World Health Organization has reported that depression is now the single leading cause of disability globally
New anti-cancer molecules from old drugs
The anti-cancer drugs of the future may also come from the past.
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.
“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.
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 ...
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, ...
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
We really do get “brainwashed” when we sleep
A team of neuroradiologists and bioengineers managed to “film” the movement of cerebrospinal fluid
The secret music of glaciers
On November 26 Julian Charrière, Felix Keller and Dehlia Hannah met at the LAC in Lugano to speak about science, art and climate change.
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