200 and more years of innovations in vaccination
Two centuries have gone by since the development of the first vaccine. What did we learn? What are the future challenges science will face?
COP15: biodiversity at a crossroads
COP15 biodiversity conference enters its final days. The plenary meeting attended by negotiation teams representing more than 190 countries in Montreal acknowledged considerable progress but also indicated there are still many areas of disagreement.
The post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework is the most ambitious global plan ever developed for biodiversity and will be the central focus of negotiations at the 15th Convention of Parties of the Convention of Biological Diversity (COP15) to be held in Montreal, Canada, from 5 – 17 December 2023. A major contribution to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.
Junk DNA and its role in cancer
There is a part of human DNA whose role is not yet well known, that’s junk DNA. Let’s find out together!
Monkeypox: present and future scenarios
What is it about? Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by a virus belonging to the Poxviridae family, the Chordopoxvirinae … Leggi tutto
Biofilm Formation and Bacterial Dispersal Mechanisms: can we prevent their formation or influence the structures?
Bacteria can create multicellular communities called biofilms and several factors can influence their structure.
Oceanic aerobiology (pt. 1)
Ocean aerobiology is defined as the study of those biological particles of marine origin, including living organisms present in the atmosphere, their ecological, biochemical role and involvement in climatic processes. Obviously it is a definition adapted to the study of the relative marine aquatic environment.
Phage-host interaction: a possible weapon against undesirable biofilms
Phage-biofilm interactions are highly variable, but phages could be considered as powerful weapons against dangerous biofilms.
Life: a complex definition
The temple of PICERAS, through a series of points tries to define a living organism and clarify the term “life”.