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Opening Science to Society: learning to sharing

di Giovanni Destro Bisol
di Marco Capocasa
di Paolo Anagnostou
Pubblicato il 22/02/2013

The digital revolution has radically changed the processes of production and dissemination of scientific results. Scientific societies, journals’ editorial boards and funding agencies now seem to be aware of the fact that a robust and effective form of  data sharing is essential in order to fully exploit new achievements, optimize the use of resources and contribute to the transparency of science. Today, it would seem that the process is now well under way, and it is only a question of time before the results arrive.

Audience's questions after Baulcombe's speech

Evolution Day 2013
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Audence's questions after Baulcombe's speech at Evo Day 2013
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David Charles Baulcombe answers to the audience questions during the EvoDay 2013
Data: 
20 February, 2013

David Charles Baulcombe answers to the audience questions after his specch during the Evolution Day 2013 at the Natural History Museum in Milan.

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Read time: 1 minSubmitted by redazione on 20 February, 2013 - 18:51
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Evolution
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An update on Mmr

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di Michele Bellone
Submitted by Michele Bellone on 17 February, 2013 - 09:51

Measles, mumps and rubella outbreaks still represent an healthcare issue, even though major advancements have been done towards their eradication. A poor inclination towards Mmr (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccination may constitute a major cause of increased risk to contract one of these diseases amongst specific population groups like migrants, alternative medicine users, some religious groups, healthcare professionals.

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Vaccine
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Sir David Charles Baulcombe: Epigenetics, another dimension in evolution?

Evolution Day 2013
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David Charles Baulcombe - Evolution Day 2013 Milano
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Sir David Charles Baulcombe, Regius Professor of Botany, University of Cambridge
Data: 
17 February, 2013

Heritable variation between members of a population is normally attributed to genetic variation. Genes affecting fitness may be present or absent in different individuals or they may have dna mutations affecting their expression or the properties of the encoded protein. However, there are examples of heritable variation that are not associated with changes to the sequence of dna. Plants with differences in flower shape or fruit colour, for example, may have the same dna sequence.

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Read time: 1 minSubmitted by redazione on 17 February, 2013 - 09:46
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di redazione
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Evolution
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Noninvasive cancer diagnosis

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di Francesca Zammarchi
Submitted by Francesca Zammarchi on 11 February, 2013 - 12:26

Tumors release microvescicles containing protein and RNA fragments, called exosomes, into cerebral spinal fluid, blood, and urine. Exosome Diagnostics, a company based in New York, has developed a diagnostic test able to separate exosomes from bio-fluids and to extract their relevant genomic information.

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Research is a matter for professionals

di Luca Carra
di Francesca Pasinelli
Pubblicato il 05/02/2013
Research evaluation
Scientific research policy

Again this year, the Telethon marathon ensured 30 million euro (a little more is expected in June, with the closing of the balance sheet), most of which will be used to fund cutting edge research on genetic diseases. A good economic result, therefore, with some concern due to the growth in applications for grants by almost one third, many of which are polycentric. "It's a pity because we will have to be more selective, but this also shows how much potential research there is in Italy", said Francesca Pasinelli, general manager of Telethon, interviewed by Scienzainrete