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 ...
Françoise, the virologist who discovered the HIV virus
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine, together with Luc Montagnier, for the discovery of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause ...
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 ...
Linda, the scientist who unveiled the secrets of smell
Linda B. Buck won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2004, together with Richard Axel, for her work on olfactory receptors and for isolating the genes that, when ...
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 ...
Christiane, the genius of biochemistry
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1995, together with Eric Wieschaus and Edward Lewis, for her discoveries on the genetic ...
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 ...
Gertrude, the scientist who revolutionized pharmacology
Gertrude B. Elion won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for her research on acyclovir, an antiviral drug. Over her career she registered 45 pharmaceutical patents ...
Aphasia. Culture to become human again.
Aphasia is a language disorder that normally occurs following a brain injury caused by a cerebral vascular accident (stroke) and results in the loss of ...
“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 ...
Rita, the pioneer of neurobiology
Rita Levi-Montalcini was the first woman to be admitted to the Accademia Pontificia (Pontifical Academy of Sciences) and the only Italian to receive the Nobel ...
“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
Barbara, the founder of cellular genetics
Barbara was awarded the Prize in 1983 for her discovery of transposons, the genetic elements capable of changing position within the genome (the genetic ...
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...
Rosalyn, the mother of endocrinology
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was the sixth woman in the world to win the Nobel Prize in Science and the second woman to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine
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.
Gerty, the first female winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine
Gerty Radnitz Cori was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1947. The prize, shared with her husband Carl Cori and...
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.