On Friday, July 18, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., at the Central Stage of Piazza Carli in Asiago, the Aperitif with the Author by Brazzale review returns with an appointment of great popular value: Antonella Viola and Alessandro Aiuti present their book "The revolution of care - A journey into the science that is changing medicine".
Through concrete examples and accessible language, the authors guide the reader through the most recent achievements in medicine: from gene therapy for hereditary diseases, to innovative therapies against cancer, up to the most advanced biotechnologies such as engineered viruses and molecular scissors capable of modifying DNA. A silent but profound revolution, which changes people's lives but often remains distant from those who do not have the tools to understand it.
Viola and Aiuti denounce the gap between the progress of science and the level of scientific literacy of the population: without basic knowledge, the citizen risks being excluded from that "participatory medicine" that should make him the conscious protagonist of his or her own treatment path.
A meeting to understand how medicine is changing – and why it is important not to be left behind.
Admission to the event is free, subject to availability.
In case of bad weather, the venue of the meeting may be subject to change. For updates and information, you can contact the bookshop through the appropriate buttons at the bottom of the page.
Antonella Viola is a scientist expert in immunology, popularizer and full professor of General Pathology at the Department of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Padua and a member of the Veneto Institute of Sciences and Arts. His books include: Dancing in the Storm: Journey into the Fragile Perfection of the Immune System (Feltrinelli 2021), Sex is (Almost) Everything. Evolution, Diversity and Gender Medicine (Feltrinelli 2022), Good Food. There is more taste in eating well (with D. Nucci, Gribaudo, 2022), The way of balance. Science of aging and longevity (Feltrinelli 2023), Intermittent fasting. All the benefits of circadian nutrition (with A. Paoli, Gribaudo 2023), and The time of the body. The sun, sleep and the time of life (Feltrinelli 2024).
Alessandro Aiuti is a doctor, full professor of Pediatrics at the Vita Salute San Raffaele University, scientist expert in rare diseases and gene therapy and deputy director of the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy SR-Tiget.
He is the author of more than 300 scientific publications and received the Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Biomedical Research in 2020 for his contribution to the development of gene therapy for rare genetic diseases. He has published The Unexpected Cure. HIV from the plague of the century to precision medicine (with A. Zaccheddu, Mondadori 2023).
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