The importance of the microbiota
Manel Esteller highlights the importance of bacterial diversity in the gut as one of the cornerstones of modern health, on the occasion of World Gut Microbiota Day.
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Category: Microbiology
The long road towards the eradication of poliomyelitis
During his induction into the RAFC, Albert Bosch offers a detailed and moving historical overview of the fight against polio, one of the most feared diseases of the 20th century, which has not yet been completely eradicated.
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From the Crimes of the Golden Age to Chemical Warfare
Francisco López Muñoz and Francisco Pérez Fernández address a series of murders of infants taken in by the Church in the 18th century, in the article “The Crimes of the Wheel of the Exposed in Coimbra”
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The Cell, in all its complexity
Javier Redondo reviews the evolution of the cell concept, from the static and compartmentalized view of the 19th century to the current understanding as an interconnected network of organelles, cytoskeleton, and nucleus, during his induction into the Royal Academy of Sciences (RAED).
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And now, Hantavirus
Maria Àngels Calvo reflects on the danger of the latest hantavirus outbreak that affected a cruise ship, as well as the risk of new zoonoses, in a comprehensive scientific article and in various appearances on public media, such as on TV3’s “Tot es mou” and the 3CAT platform.
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Staying alert to respiratory viruses
Maria Àngels Calvo, on the importance of studying, monitoring, and communicating to society the risk that respiratory viruses pose to the emergence of a new pandemic like the one caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus
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