The word Coronavirus a few weeks ago rhymes with terror, with the fear of the pandemic that starts from China and it spreads quickly in the global community. A planetary emergency that has alarmed the world population. The alert that is keeping billions of people in suspense has been brilliantly addressed by a team of Italian researchers.
They are three scholars ofSpallanzani hospital in Rome who first isolated the virus. Maria Capobianchi, Concetta Castilletti e Frances Colavita, are the three protagonists of the historic enterprise, which jumped to the headlines of the world news and greeted with exultation by the international scientific community.
Coronavirus beaten by three researchers from the South
The isolation of the virus is really the excellent result of the study of the three Italian researchers. A milestone, arrived in days of anguish and dismay for the spread of the pandemic, which allows the research world to be able to develop new therapies for the treatment of viral infection. In addition, the creation of a vaccine to eradicate the Coronavirus which originated in the Chinese city of is also considered Wuhan.
Il health minister Roberto Speranza he was the first to give the extraordinary and unexpected announcement of the discovery. Really a great satisfaction for Italy and for the Spallanzani hospital in Rome where the research was carried out. "News - commented the minister - that makes people breathe a sigh of relief in the context of study and prevention to curb the infection of the virus".
Coronavirus beaten by Maria Capobianchi, Concetta Castilletti, Francesca Colavita
Maria Capobianchi (67 years old) is the director of the Virology laboratory of Inmi Spallanzani. The researcher, born in Procida, has a degree in biological sciences and specializes in microbiology; since 2000 he has been working at the Roman hospital. Concetta Castilletti (56 years old) is originally from Ragusa and is head of the Emerging Viruses Unit, specializing in microbiology and virology.
Frances Colavita (30 years old) is a native of Campobasso and has been working in the Spallanzani laboratory for 4 years. The scholar, in the past years, has been in Africa, where she has carried out research to fight the contagion of the Ebola virus. They are three research specialists who represent three Italian excellences but above all three great minds made in the South.
The considerations of the researchers on their discovery
The Spallanzani scholars comment on the result of their research as follows: "It will now be easier to find a coronavirus vaccine. Having the virus available means starting from a good foundation. We worked five hours a day in the laboratory, we pampered the virus. This result opens up important possibilities in terms of detection even in asymptomatic patients, in the treatment and research work for the virus. The fear of contagion is there and there must be because it encourages everyone to respect all procedures security".
