CRISPR-Cas and its wide-ranging applications: From human genome editing to environmental implications, technical limitations, hazards and bioethical issues

R Piergentili, A Del Rio, F Signore, F Umani Ronchi… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The CRISPR-Cas system is a powerful tool for in vivo editing the genome of most organisms,
including man. During the years this technique has been applied in several fields, such as …

Does the EU COVID digital certificate strike a reasonable balance between mobility needs and public health?

G Montanari Vergallo, S Zaami, F Negro, P Brunetti… - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
The need to fight a highly aggressive virus such as SARS-CoV-2 has compelled
governments to put in place measures, which, in the name of health protection, have …

Flu and tdap maternal immunization hesitancy in times of covid-19: An italian survey on multiethnic sample

AF Cavaliere, S Zaami, M Pallottini, F Perelli, A Vidiri… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Tdap and flu immunization in pregnancy has been proven to be both effective
and safe. Despite this, the vaccination rate in pregnant women is low in Italy. The COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Medically assisted procreation in times of COVID-19: what impact on health care system organization and the reproductive rights of couples?

G Rallo, F Negro, V Piersanti, F Consalvo… - Acta Bio Medica …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: The article aims to illustrate the measures aimed at containing the spread of
SARS-CoV-2 and their impact on those seeking medically-assisted procreation procedures …

The COVID-19 pandemic and contact tracing technologies, between upholding the right to health and personal data protection

G Montanari Vergallo, S Zaami… - European Review for …, 2021 - iris.uniroma1.it
Countries responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with various levels of restrictions and
lockdown in an effort to save lives and prevent the saturation and collapse of national health …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 vaccine: Risk of inequality and failure of public health strategies

A Cioffi, F Cioffi - Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Dear editor, COVID-19 pandemic, since 2020, has caused significant health, social, medical-
legal and economic problems worldwide [1—5]. After considerable scientific efforts, and a …

Identifying and addressing digital health risks associated with emergency pandemic response: Problem identification, scoping review, and directions toward evidence …

ZSY Wong, M Rigby - International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and objective The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital health
applications in multifaceted disease management dimensions. This study aims (1) to identify …

Is the right to abortion at risk in times of covid-19? The Italian state of affairs within the European context

G Montanari Vergallo, R Rinaldi, V Piersanti, A Tini… - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 health emergency has thrown the health systems of most European countries
into a deep crisis, forcing them to call off and postpone all interventions deemed not …

Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Patients with COVID-19 Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit: A Two-Year Retrospective Analysis

JR e Silva Malzone, AP Ribeiro, TS de Souza… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
In March 2020, COVID-19 was characterized as a pandemic by the World Health
Organization. Hospitalized patients affected by COVID-19 presented with severe respiratory …

Commentary–CRISPR-based techniques: Cas9, Cas13 and their applications in the era of COVID-19

S Zaami, R Piergentili, E Marinelli… - European review for …, 2021 - iris.uniroma1.it
Abstract The CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats)/Cas9
(CRISPR-associated protein 9) system enables scientists to edit diverse genome types with …