17 March 2021: One year into Covid-19, ICGEB Principal Investigators from Trieste, New Delhi, and Cape Town present their research and work in the field at the ICGEB Symposium.
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Covid19
Italy-Moldova project to strengthen responses to COVID-19 and other epidemics
Monday, 1 February 2021, the cooperation project between ICGEB, Trieste and NICOLAE TESTEMITANU SUMPH, Chişinău: “Strengthening epidemiological surveillance capacity to address COVID-19 and other epidemics” commences.
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COVID-19 lung damage caused by persistence of ‘abnormal cells’
Investigations of deceased COVID-19 patients have shed light on possible lung damage caused by the virus. The latest publication by Mauro Giacca, Serena Zacchigna, and team reports.
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MSC Cruises to implement “Safe Air” sanitation system developed by FINCANTIERI in collaboration with ICGEB
MSC Seashore is the first cruise liner to feature this advanced air sanitation technology developed by Fincantieri in cooperation with the ICGEB.
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Updates from our Member States on COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2
The ICGEB is providing links and publishing updates from its network in Member States on the Covid-19/SARS-CoV-2 actions being undertaken across the globe on this page for reference.
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IILA-ICGEB collaboration finances research projects on COVID-19
More than 100 COVID-19 research project proposals were submitted in 2020 under the ICGEB CRP Programme call.
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ICGEB New Delhi steps up for COVID19 testing
To increase the testing capacity for COVID19, the Government of India has asked the research institutes associated with different Government agencies to step-up and contribute to COVID19 testing.
Read moreRecent scientific collaboration shows important implications for COVID-19 therapy
A recent scientific collaboration of the Molecular Virology Lab reveals that a physiological derivative of cholesterol blocks the COVID-19 virus, with important implications for COVID-19 therapy.
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Indo-Italian Cooperation for COVID19 – Webinar – presentations available
Organised on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Ambassador to India, Vincenzo de Luca, and the Ambassador of India to Italy, Reenat Sandhu, the Webinar on Strategic Cooperation on COVID19 and Bilateral Funding Opportunities took place on 14 July 2020.
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Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs and recovery from Covid-19
Dr. Alessandro Marcello presented the latest research and developments from Covid-19 research at ICGEB at the UN DESA / DSDG Webinar on 10 June 2020.
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ICGEB with Sun Pharma: Phase-II clinical trial on AQCH for treatment of COVID-19 patients
Studies conducted in collaboration with ICGEB, Italy prove instrumental in initiating Phase II clinical trial on AQCH, a phytopharmaceutical drug, as potential treatment for COVID-19 patients.
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ICGEB with CNR-IBF against COVID-19: the FARMACOVID project
COVID-19 caught researchers short. Its rampant spread left no time to target studies through rational drug design approaches. The National Research Council, the largest public research institution in Italy has joined forces with the Molecular Virology lab in Trieste, to search for a drug able to eliminate Coronavirus: this is the FARMACOVID project.
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