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READ MOREby 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 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, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Domenico Gangemi, Antonino Napoleone, Giuseppe Scarlata | April 18, 2020. The case of Mr P.C., 66 years old, is reported. The patient had an acute myocardial infarction in 1995, he suffers from arterial hypertension and also from a rare form of migraine, the Familial Hemiplegic Migraine [a].On March 13th, 2020 P.C. started suffering from […]
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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 […]
