A new review provides valuable insights for improving the health care of girls and women living with female genital mutilation. Published on February 6th, which is International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, the article highlights what is currently known and what questions remain on how to address the needs of the millions of women and girls who are currently affected.

Prosegue ai Musei Capitolini la mostra del manoscritto originale del “Codice sul volo degli uccelli” di Leonardo, esposto per la prima volta a Roma, accompagnato da un’esperienza multimediale e 3D

Dal mito di Dedalo e Icaro, volare è il sogno che appartiene alla storia della civiltà.

CENIEH participates in a study published in The Science of Nature which reveals the plant-based diet of Europe’s oldest hominin based on the analysis of dental calculus obtained at AtapuercaWed, 11/01/2017

The analysis of dental calculus obtained from the teeth of the mandible of an individual found at the Sima del Elefante site in Atapuerca (Burgos), dating back more than 1.2 million years, featured in a study on plant-based diet recently published in The Science of Nature journal, in which researchers from the National Research Centre for Human Evolution (CENIEH) Ruth Blasco and José Maria Bermúdez de Castro were involved.

A large number of lampreys gather in a hollow - a spawning bed made by removing stones from the riverbed - and lay eggs. (Photo by Kentaro Morita)

Researchers at Hokkaido University have discovered that the nonparasitic lamprey Lethenteron kessleri mates repeatedly without releasing eggs, in a behavior termed “sham mating,” suggesting the possibility that females choose their mates while engaged in promiscuous mating habits.

Mercoledi 8 febbraio si svolgerà il terzo appuntamento con ENEA per la Salute. L'incontro sarà focalizzato sul contributo dell’ENEA per lo sviluppo e la progettazione di tecnologie per la diagnosi e la cura dei tumori.

Nel corso della giornata verrà inoltre presentato  il progetto TOP-IMPLART, un innovativo impianto d’irraggiamento con protoni per la cura dei tumori, che ENEA sta realizzando in collaborazione con altri istituti di ricerca (ISS, IFO). Saranno descritte sia le attività relative alla costruzione dell’acceleratore che le attività condotte per la caratterizzazione biologica e l’ottimizzazione di protocolli terapeutici nonché  le loro prospettive cliniche.

The engulfing function of the macrophage in response to cancer cells is inhibited by CD47-SIRPα interaction.

Macrophages(1) are a type of white blood cell that can engulf and destroy cancer cells. A research group led by Professor MATOZAKI Takashi, Associate Professor MURATA Yoji, and YANAGITA Tadahiko (Kobe University Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Signaling), discovered that by using an antibody(2) for a particular protein found on macrophages, the macrophage is activated, and cancer cells are effectively eliminated. This discovery could lead to the development of new cancer treatments. The findings were published on January 12 in the online version of JCI Insight.