Francesco Aiello, Giuseppe Nucera

Pubblicato il 31/10/2016Tempo di lettura: 1 min

Quali sono i "segni" dell'imperatore del male? Giorgio Scita, direttore del programma di ricerca Meccanismi di migrazione delle cellule tumorali presso l'IFOM di Milano, spiega i meccanismi che le cellule tumorali impiegano per crescere in modo incontrollato, per costruire nuovi vasi sanguigni e spostarsi all'interno dell'organismo.Anche nello sviluppo dei tumori, infatti, sopravvivono e continuano a proliferare solo le cellule che riescono ad adattarsi all'ambiente e ad acquisire, via via, tutti i dieci tratti distintivi del cancro.

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We cannot archive Covid-19 yet

di Stefania Salmaso

Pubblicato il 15/09/2023

Coexistence with Covid-19 cannot yet be said to be stable, especially due to the great variability of SARS-CoV-2. For this reason, as the number of cases in Italy is increasing, it is necessary to limit the impact of infections by acting on two fronts, which are not alternatives to each other: reduce the share of people who have become partially susceptible and limit the likelihood of the emergence of new variants.

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Several attempts have been made to archive Covid-19, trying to leave behind an experience worthy of the worst dystopian novel (about 770 million officially registered cases worldwide and an estimated 18 million deaths), but it seems that the anticipated "coexistence" with the family of viruses has not yet stabilized, and it will take several years to get there.