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    • Human endogenous retroviruses and cancer prevention: evidence and prospects 

      Cegolon, Luca; Salata, Cristiano; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Vineis, Paolo; Palu, Giorgio; Mastrangelo, Giuseppe (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Cancer is a significant and growing problem worldwide. While this increase may, in part, be attributed to increasing longevity, improved case notifications and risk-enhancing lifestyle (such as smoking, diet and obesity), hygiene-related factors resulting in immuno-regulatory failure may also play a major role and call for a revision of vaccination strategies to protect against a range of cancers ...

    • Spatiotemporal Analysis of COVID-19 Incidence Data 

      Spassiani, Ilaria; Sebastiani, Giovanni; Palu, Giorgio (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-11)
      High-density lipoproteins (HDL) are a heterogenous group of plasma molecules with a large variety in composition. There is a wide specter in lipid content and the number of different proteins that has been associated with HDL is approaching 100. Given this heterogeneity and the fact that the total amount of HDL is inversely related to the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), there has been ...

    • Vaccination criteria based on factors influencing COVID-19 diffusion and mortality 

      Spassiani, Ilaria; Gubian, Lorenzo; Palu, Giorgio; Sebastiani, Giovanni (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-15)
      SARS-CoV-2 is highly contagious, rapidly turned into a pandemic, and is causing a relevant number of critical to severe life-threatening COVID-19 patients. However, robust statistical studies of a large cohort of patients, potentially useful to implement a vaccination campaign, are rare. We analyzed public data of about 19,000 patients for the period 28 February to 15 May 2020 by several mathematical ...