Opening
15 minutes of short narrations by Progetto Apollo, a young company of university students specialised in the narration of science through storytelling.
Augmented Lecture
By and with Michela Denti (CIBIO - Department of Cell, Computational and Integrative Biology - University of Trento) and Maria Giulia Scarcella a (graduate of the "Silvio d'Amico" National Academy of Dramatic Art in Rome)
Dramaturgical support and direction by Maura Pettorruso
Over the last 20 years, biology has been shaken by a real revolution: the discovery of small RNAs, called microRNAs or siRNAs, involved in processes regulating gene expression. These were later joined by other longer 'non-coding' RNAs, whose existence, hitherto unsuspected, has shaken the Central Dogma of Biology. Improved knowledge in the field of RNA biology and chemistry has led to the concrete possibility of using RNA as a tool or target for the therapy of hereditary diseases and tumours. A new ally to be better known to improve the future of human beings.
