Research

The gene responsible for thalassemia was identified with precision by the late 1980s. That early clarity made thalassemia gene therapy one of the first candidates for direct DNA intervention, and decades of research have since moved it from laboratory hypothesis to approved therapy. Two advanced...

Culture and society

There is a line by Amelia Rosselli that Antonetta Carrabs has used as a starting point in some of her workshops: “There is something like a pain in the room.” She does not explain it, does not analyse it. She lets it sit there and waits. Often, someone answers.

Research

In the United States and several European regions, colorectal cancer incidence among adults under 50 has been rising steadily. This age group was long considered low-risk, yet it now accounts for roughly 10–15% of new diagnoses, and the underlying causes remain largely unknown. «In Italy, this...

Student Life

The anaesthesiology residency is one of the most wide-ranging pathways in medicine. It spans every clinical and surgical field: intensive care, emergency management, resuscitation intervention, pain medicine, and hyperbaric therapy. To understand what training in this discipline actually involves,...

Research

The TP53 gene is mutated or inactivated in approximately 50% of all human cancers, making it the most frequently altered tumor suppressor across cancer types (Olivier et al., 2010). Yet mutations alone do not fully explain why some tumors resist chemotherapy and radiotherapy while others respond....