Giovanni Di Guardo (He/Him)

Retired Professor of General Pathology and Veterinary Pathophysiology, University of Teramo, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

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University of Teramo, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Italy

News and Opinion

Alien crab species as potential carriers of pathogens impacting marine megafauna's health and conservation

Climate change, with special emphasis on global warming, is believed to be a key driver of the accelerated rate of alien species expansion into the Mediterranean Sea basin and, more in general, into all marine and oceanic ecosystems (Zenetos and Galanidi 2020).

Giovanni Di Guardo

Sep 02, 2023

On the Road

When an outstanding scientist makes a perfect pair with a great human being

This is a "news story" dealing with my esteemed colleague Antonio Fernández, a world-renowned veterinary pathologist and marine mammal scientist from the Veterinary Medical School of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where he serves as a full professor of Veterinary Pathologic Anatomy.

Giovanni Di Guardo

Aug 30, 2023

Behind the paper

Cetaceans as Potentially Useful Animal Models for Human Central Nervous System Disorders

Stranded cetaceans provide a unique opportunity for gaining insight into their increasingly threatened health and conservation. Within this framework, cetaceans could also serve as potentially useful animal models for human central nervous system (CNS) diseases (Di Guardo, 2023).

Giovanni Di Guardo

Aug 23, 2023

Behind the paper

Extreme weather events and scientific research in the Anthropocene epoch

The catastrophic flood which dramatically affected last May a large area of Emilia-Romagna region, in northern Italy, reminds us once again of the Italian territory's intrinsic fragility.

Giovanni Di Guardo

Jun 08, 2023

Behind the paper

Tsunami-driven, transoceanic spread of microbial pathogens impacting cetacean health and conservation

This post refers to the very interesting, seminal article by Dr James T. Carlton and coworkers, published six years ago and dealing with an unprecedented, tsunami-driven, transoceanic spread of marine organisms following the dramatic 2011 earthquake in Eastern Japan (1).

Giovanni Di Guardo

Mar 18, 2023

Behind the paper

The A(H5N1) avian influenza virus and its intriguing trajectories between domestic animals, wildlife and humans

While the SARS-CoV-2 betacoronavirus keeps undergoing mutations, thereby increasing its affinity to target cells and tissues and bypassing antiviral immunity, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus A(H5N1) has alarmingly emerged, once again, in the global eco-epidemiological scenario.

Giovanni Di Guardo

Mar 09, 2023

News and Opinion

LRRC15, a newly identified, ACE-2-antagonizing SARS-CoV-2 viral receptor

A new SARS-CoV-2 viral receptor, "leucine-rich repeat containing protein 15" (LRRC15), has just been described by a team from the University of Sydney (Loo et al., 2023).

Giovanni Di Guardo

Feb 18, 2023

News and Opinion

Climate Change and One Health, One Earth, One Ocean

Although seas and oceans cover approximately 70% of our Planet, much more attention has been hitherto devoted to terrestrial ecosystems.

Giovanni Di Guardo

Feb 17, 2023

Behind the paper, Coronaviruses: Past, Present and Future

CoViD-19 and China, the story could repeat itself!

Following the draconian measures already put in place throughout the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, a very relaxed approach has been recently adopted by Chinese health authorities in order to stop the people's angry protests against the "zero Covid" strategy.

Giovanni Di Guardo

Jan 10, 2023

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