”We are delighted with this major breakthrough. There are research projects we have been conducting at our University that study microRNAs”, says Gianni Profita, Rector of UniCamillus. The Nobel Prize in Medicine 2024 has been awarded to American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their extraordinary discovery that has revolutionised the field of molecular...Read More
In Italy, the ‘glass ceiling’ continues to hinder full gender equality in professional and academic careers. This is, unfortunately, not a new scenario: despite the fact that women are the majority in university education, they find it difficult to reach the highest levels of the professional and academic hierarchies. In short, they set out with...Read More
The UniCamillus family has twelve new members. They are Erasmus+ students who will be joining our academic community for the coming semester. They come from Spain, France and Germany and will make our University even more international. Last Monday, nine of them had the opportunity to discover the UniCamillus campus in person, with a first...Read More
The President of the MSc in Medicine and Surgery at UniCamillus University speaks at Italy’s Senate on community medicine On 2nd October, in the prestigious room of the Istituto di S. Maria in Aquiro, at the Senate of the Italian Republic, a conference entitled ‘Innovation and Tradition in Medical Education‘ was held, organised by Senator...Read More
Each degree course has a specific date: come find out about them! Every newcomer deserves a warm welcome and UniCamillus University is no exception. Our University holds a welcome ceremony for first-year students of each course: Welcome Days. These aim to provide a first contact with the university environment, offering introductory guidance on how to...Read More
We spoke to Francesco Cognetti, an oncologist and lecturer in Medical Oncology at UniCamillus University. A total of 44,000 patients were diagnosed with lung cancer in Italy in 2023 (30,000 men and 14,000 women), while more than 35,000 people died of this disease in 2022 (data from AIRTUM – Italian Association of Cancer Registries). Around...Read More
UniCamillus University welcomes Daniele Masala, individual and team Olympic modern pentathlon champion and gold medallist at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games, to its faculty. “Our University is proud to be able to count on the contribution of such an outstanding figure in the world of sport”, said Rector Gianni Profita on the occasion of...Read More
Tumours develop specific adaptation mechanisms that modify their metabolic characteristics by activating or inhibiting specific pathways. Giacomo Lazzarino, Professor of Biochemistry at UniCamillus University, talks about this in his paper entitled Molecular strategies for cancer growth: different cancer, different metabolic adaptation, presented at the 4th Workshop organised by the Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular...Read More
Symptoms, types of transmission and prevention explained by Rita Lucchetti, Lecturer in General and Applied Hygiene at UniCamillus University On 14th August 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency of international concern due to the spread of Mpox, previously known as monkeypox. The reason was an increase in the number of...Read More
