
1/ Happy to share our latest #research on #VIS #senescence #HCMV, published with @SpringerNature in @CommsBio rdcu.be/dAEhs @unito @UniAvogadro. Congrats @ravste10!
Stefano Raviola, PhD
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@ravste10
I spend my time studying viruses and ageing

1/ Happy to share our latest #research on #VIS #senescence #HCMV, published with @SpringerNature in @CommsBio rdcu.be/dAEhs @unito @UniAvogadro. Congrats @ravste10!










The most italian thing ever, chilling until the situation is shit and then suddenly waking up





Every #COVID infection is a risk for the brain because: 1- Ace2 receptor (entry receptor for SARS-Cov-2 in cells) is highly expressed in all blood vessels, including cerebral ones. 2- The virus arriving in the brain will cause a mess. Even if you don't look at infected cells, check the outcome of a viral infection. It is always neuroinflammation. The images below show the hippocampal region (memory and cognition) with and without SARS-Cov-2. The staining is for glia cells (🟢microglia🟣astrocytes) and neurons (🔵). There is no staining for the virus in the image, but you can see where a large blood vessel arrived and the damage it caused to surrounding neurons. #CovidIsNotOver #NotjustaFLU


So, repeat Covid infections really are making us dumb and dumber.

We are happy to announce our latest article in @Aging_Cell, exploring the senescent intracrine action of IL-6. Congratulations to the lead author, @flor_herbstein, our team at @IBioBA_MPSP, and our collaborators, @LucPontel and @AGTheoLab! 🔗onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…