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A commentary published in Nature Mental Health by Professor Andrea Raballo, Full Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the REMEDI Lab at USI, together with Michele Poletti (IRCCS-AUSL Reggio Emilia

In the architectural blueprint of our DNA, even a small repeating error can compromise the entire system. In Huntington's disease, a specific DNA sequence expands uncontrollably, triggering progressive neurodegeneration.

The Host-Microbiota Dynamics laboratory at the Institute for Translational Research (EOC-USI), led by Professor Giandomenica Iezzi, has published a new study in the scientific journal Cell Host & Microbe .

Andrea Cavalli has been a researcher at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) since 2012 and has served as the Director of the Computational Structural Biology Laboratory since 2016.

The in-depth study of autoimmune diseases and new technologies will help researchers identify innovative therapeutic perspectives.

A recent scientific article by Peter Seele, a Full Professor at the Faculty of Communication, Culture, and Society at Università della Svizzera italiana, and Ludovico Giacomo Conti, a PhD candidate a

How can a disease that we thought had been eradicated come knocking on Europe's door again, shifting from a historical memory into an imminent threat?

Science is not an isolated pursuit. It underpins human progress, generating knowledge, improving lives, and connecting communities across borders. Yet knowledge alone is not enough. For research to have a global impact, it must be understood and made accessible to the public.

Cesare Alippi is a full professor at the Faculty of Informatics at USI and affiliated with the Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA USI-SUPSI) , where he serves as Scientific Director.

After showing how Large Language Models (LLMs) can "guess" mental states from online posts or even rival expert psychiatrists in diagnostic accuracy, the REMEDI Lab (REthinking MEntal health through Clinical and Data Intelligence), part of USI Euler Institute , has now published a new study in Scientific Reports by Nature that raises a radical question: do psychological tests really measure what we think they measure?

How can the universe of trillions of microbes that populate our bodies influence complex pathologies such as inflammatory diseases?

What can Formula 1 teach us about individual labour productivity? This question is at the core of the study titled "The Age Productivity Gradient: Evidence from a Sample of F1 Drivers (2011)," conduc

Four new projects at Università della Svizzera italiana have been selected for the SNSF Spark programme, promoted by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to support innovative and unconventional ideas in the early stages of development.

Immune defences are at the heart of our ability to respond to disease, but how does the system that protects us every day actually function?