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READ MOREby Antonino Napoleone, Ivy Rose Sebastian | December 23, 2022. Tis the season to be jolly! When we think of Christmas, we are mentally transported to twinkling lights that adorn cities, huge Christmas trees lined with the most varied decorations marking city squares, Christmas markets tinged with red and green hues, exuding warmth with popular […]
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by Maria Chiara Rosace, Antonino Napoleone | June 30, 2022. Edited by Ivy Rose Sebastian. Due to the international trade of agricultural products, there is always a latent risk of inadvertently transferring pathogens, which could lead to certain outbreaks that could affect the local agriculture.Citrus black spot is a disease that causes considerable economic trouble […]
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by Caterina Campese1 | May 24, 2022 1. Agronomist Edited by Ivy Rose Sebastian. In line with current eco-conscious behaviour, consumers are becoming more aware of the impact of their dietary choices on the environment. In order to make healthy and environmentally conscious choices, they need comprehensive and unambiguous nutritional information, in line with their […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Maria Chiara Rosace | April 13, 2022. Edited by Ivy Rose Sebastian. As we enter the first quarter of the new year, the hypotheses about the current scenario of the pandemic are diverse. Virologists around the world are formulating conflicting theories: some say we are still far from the end; others think […]
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by Ivy Rose Sebastian, Antonino Napoleone | April 8, 2022. Did you know that the DNA in each of our cells contains six billion individual building blocks, all of which fit into a tiny space of just six microns?! If you were to stretch out this DNA, it would be about two meters long and, […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata | March 24, 2022.edited by Ivy Rose Sebastian. Although testing for COVID-19 has become a part of our daily routine, the diagnostic tests hide technical peculiarities that are not common knowledge. As described in previous articles (Read also: Covid-19 tests current status), there are different types of tests, but molecular tests are the gold […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Ivy Rose Sebastian | February 15, 2022. The selection of the most beautiful scientific images of 2021 culminates in a new gallery of shots of undeniable beauty and allure. Although it was difficult for us to separate this kaleidoscopic collection into two parts, we wanted to use it to try and bring together the different […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Ivy Rose Sebastian | February 03, 2022. As avid photography and science lovers, we couldn’t resist selecting and sharing a dazzling assortment of scientific images that have won the most prestigious international photography awards in 2021, with our readers. The team at the well-known journal Nature have compiled a truly fascinating and evocative list, […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone | January 08, 2022. edited by Ivy Rose Sebastian. As we draw a recap of the past year, we can see a very tumultuous and intense year, especially from a scientific point of view, filled with novelties, innovation, and discoveries of undeniable social impact. While the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 continues to keep televisions, […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone | December 30, 2021. edited by Ivy Rose Sebastian. As we close the curtains on 2021, much like the previous year, SARS-CoV-2 remains front and centre, overshadowing other equally relevant events that have taken place over the past year. The rally to understand, prevent and cure this mutable disease has been nothing […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata | December 02, 2021.edited by Ivy Rose Sebastian. Whether or not one believes in vaccines, is a matter of opinion, but data and experiments incontrovertibly show that vaccinations reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. However, researchers are still struggling to find an unequivocal answer concerning two factors: The first is […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Domenico Gangemi | August 05, 2021. It may sound like an advertising title from a pizzeria in Naples, but it is the name of the study carried out by a team of doctors and scientists at the Institute of Pharmacological Research ‘Mario Negri’ in Milan and the Institute of Medical Statistics at […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone | July 29, 2021. The cuisine and culinary traditions are intrinsic and fundamental aspects of a society that best characterize the culture and lifestyle of a population. If we talk about food and good cuisine, the link with the Italian culinary tradition is so obvious that it has become a stereotype known […]
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by Maria Chiara Rosace e Caterina Campese1 | July 15, 2021. 1. Junion officer (Randstand) at European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) During more than 400 million years of co-evolution with insects, plants have developed a very diverse spectrum of morphological, molecular, and biochemical defences to resist their attacks. The co-evolutionary processes also naturally affect the […]
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by Martina Maugeri 1, Francesca Nocera 1 | July 8, 2021. Pharmacy Student at “Magna Graecia” University of Catanzaro, Italy. Sexual and reproductive health is a fundamental part of the process of individual development and growth, especially during adolescence. Sexual education is a particularly sensitive subject that is often difficult to talk about in a comprehensive and uninhibited manner, especially […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata | April 10, 2021. This year began on the one hand with a dazzling succession of events and extraordinary scientific discoveries, but on the other hand, it did not leave behind the complicated health situation caused by the pandemic. Last March was at the centre of worldwide media attention for […]
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by Maria Chiara Rosace, Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone | March 18, 2021. Not all animals need to mate for reproduction, sometimes females are perfectly capable to reproduce without the help of a male. Are you surprised?It is true, most of the time you need two essential ingredients, egg cell, and spermatozoon, to be able to […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Maria Chiara Rosace, Antonino Napoleone | March 14, 2021. At the end of 2020, the world finally has started the way of prevention (read more: COVID-19 vaccine options available) to fight against the well-known SARS-CoV-2: the vaccination campaign has begun. Actually, other practices can be also included among the prevention methods used since the dawn of this pandemic: attempts have been made to raise awareness and educate the population […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata | March 07, 2021. The anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination campaign is progressing at various levels and speeds across Europe. Several weeks have passed since 27 December 2020, known as Vaccine Day, and several weeks are expected to pass before the first results could be seen in terms of effectiveness and widespread protection […]
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by Caterina Campese1 | February 19, 2020 1 Agronomist Origin and botanical classification Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam (Figure 1) is a tropical tree species belonging to the Moraceae family. Its common English name is jackfruit, jaca in Portuguese, giaca in Italian. The species was first described by Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck (1744-1829), the French ‘Linnaeus’, who lived […]
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by Maria Chiara Rosace, Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone | February 12, 2021. Within the so different food sphere, some people approach to novelties showing curiosity, some others feel aversion or repulsion and others instead are willing to include new food into their diet. Beyond any personal preference and taste, there is a real possibility that […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone, Maria Chiara Rosace | February 5, 2021. The development and launch of the vaccine campaign have led research to progress at an astonishing speed, both in diagnostics and prophylaxis. The path for a better understanding of the viral infection and replication mechanisms, as well as the evolution of the infection in the human body, is still long. Nevertheless, thanks to the results […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata | January 31, 2021. Evolution is a theory first formulated by Charles Darwin two centuries ago to explain the mechanism of natural selection that leads organisms of the same species to acquire mutations over time, for adaptive or beneficial purposes in so far as they are necessary to survive the […]
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By Domenico Gangemi, Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone | January 23, 2021. Although almost a month has passed since the first vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2 started, there are still many questions to be answered by the worldwide population. Will the vaccine really provide lasting protection against the coronavirus? And if so, will it be able to achieve […]
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by Maria Chiara Rosace, Sara Legler1, Vittorio Rossi2 | January 15, 2021 1 HORTA.srl., Via Egidio Gorra 55, 29122 Piacenza, Italy 2 Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 29122 Piacenza, Italia Several writers from the past identify Italy, and particularly southern Italian regions, as Enotria tellus, the land of wine. “There the Oenotrians lived: […]
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by Martina Maugeri 1, Francesca Nocera 1 | January 5, 2021. Adolescence is a delicate psycho-physical training process that involves not only personal behaviour but also relationship with other people. Adolescents may be more affected by social pressure regarding intimate choices like sexual intercourse, without having full knowledge of what the emotional, physical and psychological […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone, Domenico Gangemi, | December 27, 2020 On December 14, 2020, British authorities have reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) that a new mutated variant of SARS-CoV-2 had been identified using genomic sequencing techniques, in several Covid-19 positive individuals within the British population. Current nomenclature defines it as SARS-CoV-2 VUI […]
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by Domenico Gangemi, Giuseppe Scarlata, Maria Chiara Rosace, Antonino Napoleone | December 20, 2020 Christmas is the most important time of the year for reuniting with family and loved ones. Italians are particularly devoted to traditions and good food, the time spent cooking and eating are also special moments of sharing, especially during holidays. Due […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone, Maria Chiara Rosace | December 11, 2020. Food is an essential part of our daily lives, an essential ally that helps us to protect and preserve our physical and mental health. Unfortunately, recent restrictions applied following the increase in Covid-19 infections have significantly altered common eating habits. A study on […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata, Maria Chiara Rosace | November 28, 2020. A shining light that seems to give a glimmer of hope and positivity at the end of the year that has been certainly troubled: two of the most promising vaccine candidates against COVID-19 have proved effective in phase 3 studies and have achieved […]
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by Maria Chiara Rosace, Filippo Toscano, Antonino Napoleone | November 19, 2020. The most restless volcano in Europe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has once again been in the international spotlight. Thanks to an incredible shot, the photographer Luciano Gaudenzio won the prestigious “Wildlife Photographer of the Year” award, for the “Earth’s environment” category, a […]
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by Domenico Gangemi, Giuseppe Scarlata, Maria Chiara Rosace, Antonino Napoleone | November 12, 2020. Europe is in the midst of the second wave COVID-19, a pandemic that has now almost entirely marked this 2020, yet the questions of scientists and the general population are still many. The situation in Italian hospitals is on the verge […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Domenico Gangemi, Giuseppe Scarlata | November 1, 2020. In recent years, research has made great strides, coming to identify pathogenetic mechanisms, as well as innovative therapies that until a few years ago seemed unthinkable. However, sometimes Science needs support, especially when it comes to promoting and trying to implement tools to raise […]
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by Maria Chiara Rosace, Ciro Gardi 1 | October 26, 2020 Scientific officer at European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Having access to safe and healthy food is a fundamental asset for human health and it is certainly clearer now that in order for it to be guaranteed, soils must be equally healthy (read more here: […]
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by Maria Chiara Rosace, Ciro Gardi1 | 20 Ottobre 2020. Scientific officer at European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Soil has a significant impact on human health and activities, whether those effects are positive or negative, direct or indirect. Life and human evolution itself have always been linked to soil: since the time of the first […]
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By Roberta Maria Lorenzi (PhD Student at University of Pavia, Dept. of Brain and Behavioral Sciences), Silvia Maria Marchese (Post-Doc Physiology in Human Physiology Section of the DePt of University of Milan), Marta Gaviraghi (PhD Student at University of Pavia, Dept. of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering) | 3 August 2020 Synopsis SARS CoV-2 is […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone, Domenico Gangemi | July 17, 2020 The current pandemic is still the main topic of many debates; it has been discussed for more than seven months and it will probably continue to be discussed. In spite of the various statements taken into account, especially from various and opposing fronts in […]
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by Domenico Gangemi, Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata | 3 July 2020 Despite the economic constraints, during the last years the health care systems in Western countries have effectively guaranteed (and they still do it) the treatment of acute pathologies and mainly infectious diseases. The increase of the life span has inevitably led to an increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular, oncological and metabolic diseases. Among the latter there is diabetes mellitus, in particular type 2 diabetes, of dietary origin, a complex disease caused by environmental causes (diet rich […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone, Domenico Gangemi | June 28, 2020 The effects of the pandemic have affected several aspects of society, questioning outdated and stratified beliefs about health and political management models, that are currently inadequate in many contexts. Researchers are competing against the clock to solve the puzzles and reveal all the scientific […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata, Domenico Gangemi | June 23, 2020 Research groups led by internationally reputed scientists in Vaccinology and Immunology have accelerated the clinical trial process to develop a safe and effective vaccine against Covid-19 (Coronavirus Infectious Disease 2019). Already by the end of March 2020, public expectations were high and there was speculation on the timing […]
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By Giovanna Caparello (Nutritionist Biologist and Nutrition Science Student at the University of Tor Vergata, Rome) |May 12, 2020 On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the COVID-19 epidemic as a public health emergency of international concern.[1] Thus began a historical period in which populations all over the world underwent the […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata, Domenico Gangemi |June 8, 2020 The impact and spread of Coronavirus Infectious Disease 2019 (COVID-19) reached 188 countries worldwide and the confirmed case numbers continuing to rise rapidly, with 7,049,649 cases reported on June 8, 2020. Mathematical and epidemiological models are constantly updated, but understanding and predicting the spread of the virus is becoming […]
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By Pasquale Romeo (Professor of Psychiatry at the University “Dante Alighieri” of Reggio Calabria), Valentina Zema (Psychologist specialized in Family Psychology and Relational Psychology) | May 29, 2020 The pandemic caused by the new Coronavirus has forced many people to self-isolation at homes or in dedicated quarantine facilities. The restrictions applied to stop and depot […]
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by Maurizio Bazzucchi (Internist at the Civil Hospital in Pescara, Italy) | 24 May 2020 Introduction Due to possible and frequent genetic mutations of the various Coronavirus, which has made expensive and difficult to identify an effective vaccine for SARS and MERS, it will be very difficult to develope one for SARS-CoV-2. Any […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone, Domenico Gangemi | 22 May 2020 The Coronavirus Infectious Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has severely shaken the global geopolitical balance, forcing most governments to make drastic decisions on social interactions, up to total lock-down to limit the number of infections. After months of draconian restrictions, several countries are beginning to approach Phase […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata, Domenico Gangemi | May 10, 2020 On May 10, 2020, 4,142,107 cases of Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) distributed in 187 countries are registered worldwide, of which 2,402,247 are currently active and 1,458,191 are declared as recovered. The latter data for recovered individuals is crucial in the evaluation of convalescent plasma (CP) […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone, Domenico Gangemi | May 1, 2020. On April 3, 2020, Italy has announced by an official document issued by the Ministry of Health that the number of swabs to be performed for detecting COVID-19 should be limited to individuals who are included in priority categories, including health care workers, hospitalized […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone, Domenico Gangemi | April 24, 2020 On 24 April 2020, after four months from the first case of Covid-19 reported to the World Health Organization (WHO), there is still inadequate access to diagnostic testing worldwide, as well as general disagreement over which priority and who should have access to it. […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata, Domenico Gangemi | April 22, 2020 On April 22, 2020, 2,611,182 cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) are registered worldwide distributed in 185 countries. The spread of the virus does not want to stop, along with the related consequences heavily affecting the health, social, and economic-financial sector. The restrictive policies […]
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by Giuseppe Scarlata, Antonino Napoleone, Domenico Gangemi | April 8, 2020 On 5th April 2020, the Italian Federation of Medical Doctors and Dentists (FNOMCeO) and Nursing Professions (Fnopi) reported the deaths of 80 doctors and 25 nurses, all infected while fighting in Italian hospitals to treat patients suffering from Coronavirus Disease-19 (Covid-19). The only strategies […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata, Domenico Gangemi | March 28, 2020 On 28th March 2020, 652,079 cases of Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) are registered worldwide, of which 92,472 only in Italy, which dramatically reaches 10,023 victims since the beginning of the pandemic. The new Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Human Coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) first emerged in Wuhan, China, […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata, Domenico Gangemi | March 23, 2020 On 23rd March 2020, 372,563 cases are registered worldwide distributed in 168 countries, 63,927 only in Italy, of which 50,418 are currently active. This new human coronavirus has been named Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to distinguish it from other previously known […]
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by Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata, Domenico Gangemi | March 21, 2020 In one of the most critical moments of the history of Italy at economic, social and health levels, as Italian citizens and as European citizens, we feel obliged to contribute by sharing our studies and scientific researches with the community. Our goal is to […]
