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…
