Lung Cancer : cultivating lung tumors to identify optimal personalized treatments
Lung cancer accounts for nearly 20% of annual cancer-related deaths worldwide. According to 2022 statistics from the Swiss Cancer League, nearly 5,000 new cases of lung cancer are…
Asbestos: the size and shape of inhaled nanofibres could be exclusively responsible for the development of pulmonary fibrosis
The pathogenic potential of inhaling the inert fibrous nanomaterials used in thermal insulation (such as asbestos or fibreglass) is actually connected not to their chemical composition, but instead…
Leap Forward in Women’s Health: Unlocking Genetic Clues to Gestational Diabetes
The largest genetic study of gestational diabetes to date has led to a discovery of nine novel genetic regions linked to this severe and common pregnancy complication. The…
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Prof. Francesco Carelli
Gut microbes can affect COVID vaccine response
Researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered that the gut microbiome can influence how well people respond to mRNA COVID vaccines. The study, published in the journal…