Dall’inizio della pandemia abbiamo riposto le nostre speranze in un vaccino che potesse liberarci dall’incubo del virus e farci ritornare alla “normalità”, alle abitudini che abbiamo dovuto mettere da parte insieme alla spensieratezza della vita quotidiana. Già il 16 marzo, pochi giorni dopo la dichiarazione di pandemia da parte dell’Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità, la compagniaContinue reading “I vaccini di Pfizer e Moderna: risultati promettenti in tempi record”
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The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines: promising results in less than one year since the beginning of the pandemic
Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have been hoping for a vaccine to defeat the virus and get back to “normality”, a more lighthearted daily life that we had to put aside. On March 16th, a few days after the WHO had declared the pandemic, the biotech company Moderna announced the beginning of phaseContinue reading “The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines: promising results in less than one year since the beginning of the pandemic”
COVID-19 swab tests: how they work
If one year ago someone had told me that our daily conversations would have had “virus, PCR, swab, antibodies” as keywords, I would have not believed it, but (unfortunately) these are trending topics in 2020. Since everybody talks about that, but many still mix things up, here are the differences between “swab test” and “rapidContinue reading “COVID-19 swab tests: how they work”
Come funzionano i tamponi (rapidi e non) per SARS-CoV-2
Se un anno fa mi avessero detto che le nostre conversazioni quotidiane avrebbero avuto come parole chiave “virus, PCR, tampone, anticorpi” non ci avrei mai creduto, e invece (ahinoi!) questi argomenti stanno dominando il 2020. Visto che tutti ne parlano, ma molti fanno ancora confusione, ecco qui le differenze tra “tamponi” e “tamponi rapidi” (comeContinue reading “Come funzionano i tamponi (rapidi e non) per SARS-CoV-2”
The double helix of DNA: the secret of life
DNA is made up of two chains of nucleotides that pair to form a double helix. Genes are sequences of nucleotides that contain the information needed to make proteins. The central dogma explains the passage of information from DNA to proteins via RNA. Human genome sequencing and biotechnology are the basis of gene therapy and cell therapy.
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