
CRISPR/CAS9: THE REVOLUTIONARY NOBEL-WINNING GENETIC SCISSORS
Why is CRISPR/Cas9 such a revolutionary technique? Why did it deserve the Nobel Prize? What is its potential? We asked Dr. Angelo Lombardo, leader of the Epigenetic regulation and targeted genome editing Unit of the San Raffaele Research Hospital


Journey to the Center of the Virus: what SARS-CoV-2 looks like
In December 2019, a new virus belonging to this family, called SARS-CoV-2, was isolated in Wuhan, China. The viral sequence of this new Coronavirus has a homology of approximately 76% compared to the virus that caused the SARS pandemic in...


“RETARDED”, “AUTISTIC”, “BIPOLAR” AND OTHER DANGEROUS LABELS
Words can shape our plural and multiform identities. The labels with which individuals and groups are classified allow human beings to orient themselves in social reality. What is the role of such “labels”? Why is it common to use them as insults?












































