Science and Health (EN) How does cancer arise? 30 Nov 2018 I’ve already dedicated a post (here) to describe how frequent tumors are. In this post I will focus instead on how tumors arise. We know that viruses and bacteria are…
Science and Health (EN) The secrets of DNA (part 1) 22 Nov 201811 Dec 2018 What do we know about DNA? A lot, but not everything yet. I am a biologist and DNA has been my Polar Star during the last 10 years (moving from…
Science and Health (EN) Cancer statistics worldwide in 2018 20 Nov 201820 Nov 2018 In September 2018, the International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR) released the last version (currently) of the GLOBOCAN database, which contains estimates of cancer incidence and mortality worldwide for 36…
Science and Health (EN) Why haven’t we been able to find a cure for cancer yet? 13 Nov 201813 Nov 2018 It’s a question that spontaneously arises whenever we hear of someone dying of cancer. The discovery of antibiotics and the invention of vaccines drastically reduced the number of deaths due…
Scienza e Salute (ITA) Perché non siamo ancora riusciti a trovare una cura per il cancro? 13 Nov 201813 Nov 2018 Si tratta di una domanda che sorge spontanea ogni qualvolta sentiamo di qualcuno che muore di tumore. La scoperta degli antibiotici e l’invenzione dei vaccini hanno ridotto drasticamente il numero…
Tourism Living in Stockholm 9 Nov 201820 Dec 2018 I visited Stockholm for the first time in summer 2009. I was a tourist, travelling through Scandinavian countries by car with a couple of friends. I was amazed by Sweden’s…
Scienza e Salute (ITA) Quello che c’è da sapere sui vaccini per abbattere i complotti NO-VAX 8 Nov 20189 Nov 2018 Cosa sono i vaccini? Non sono altro che un allenamento per il corpo umano, per stimolarlo a produrre anticorpi contro un determinato virus. Infatti i vaccini contengono frammenti di un…
