Inside a device that today can be as small as a coin, an ancient question lives on: how is the impulse that sets our cardiac muscle in motion created, how does it travel, and how can it be corrected? The answer begins with Luigi Galvani’s experiments on frogs, passes through the story of Swede Arne Larsson, who fainted as many as 20 times a day, and leads all the way to today’s most advanced wireless pacemakers
From Tadej Pogačar’s successes, supported in part by a meticulously planned nutritional strategy, to Jannik Sinner’s difficulties in hot weather: two champions who show just how much energy, nutrition and the environment can influence performance. We discuss this with Professor Cristina Angeloni, Director of the Master Degree Programme in Human Nutrition, Well-being and Health at the University of Bologna
At the University of Bologna, international experts reviewed the current state of knowledge on the exposome, discussing the role of Artificial Intelligence, organoids and European projects on climate, cities and health
The blood pressure parameters used to consider a person “hypertensive” have steadily been lowered over the decades, to the point of reaching, in some cases, values that until recently were considered normal: but not all national and international guidelines agree
Coordinated by the University of Bologna, the initiative will support the development of innovative curricula to train a more skilled and resilient healthcare workforce, equipped to tackle the major challenges of our time
An investigation into the gut microbiome of asylum seekers reveals clear signs of stress, dysbiosis, and the loss of sensitive, beneficial microbial taxa. These indicators suggest potential adverse effects on the refugees' health
By blocking the receptor for specific steroid hormones called "glucocorticoids", it may be possible to enhance the effectiveness of cardiomyocyte regenerative therapies, with a significant impact on the treatment of heart failure
The Eldercare project, coordinated by the University of Bologna, has identified strategies to address poor adherence to chronic treatments. The aim is to tackle one of the main challenges facing the Italian public healthcare system, which costs the National Health Service around two billion euros each year
The most common bone cancer in children will be recreated in the laboratory and implanted into a fertilised egg. The project, developed by the University of Bologna’s Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, is supported by the Italian Association for Cancer Research (Fondazione AIRC)
We spoke with Raffaella Nori, Professor at the Renzo Canestrari Department of Psychology, whose research focuses on spatial memory, about how we find our way in unfamiliar places, gender stereotypes, orientation disorders, navigation tools, online maps and virtual reality
Coordinated by Professor Pietro Cacialli of the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Bologna, the project aims to investigate the role of the TTI2 gene in the nervous system during embryonic development