A study by the University of Trento identified a protein that, like a switch, controls the onset of cell death processes in cancer cells, which are regulated by p53, the protein known as ‘the guardian of the genome’. The findings, published in Cell Reports, will be used to develop more tailored and effective cancer treatments

A research group of CIMeC of the University of Trento found out that the same brain areas and coding schemes are activated when navigating through geographical and conceptual spaces. The study, which for the first time indicates that the same spatial maps are used for places and ideas, appeared in the “Journal of Neuroscience”

Hundreds of Organoids (miniature brains) were grown in the laboratories of the University of Trento to study the genetic mechanisms responsible for the most common brain cancer affecting children. The results of a collaborative research effort, coordinated by the University of Trento and carried out with Sapienza University and Ospedale pediatrico Bambino Gesù in Rome and Irccs Neuromed, were published today in Nature Communications. The study will open new perspectives of research, as the large-scale production of in vitro tumors could make it possible to perform large drug screenings to identify new brain cancer drugs