Created by the Menarini International Foundation, it is available on the website www.en.fondazione-menarini.it, a collection of all the most relevant and authoritative scientific publications on Covid-19, selected and constantly updated under the guidance of the Nobel Prize for Medicine Louis J. Ignarro, member of the Scientific Committee of the Foundation. Unique in its kind, free and with free access, the collection allows healthcare professionals to have data and information verified easily and quickly. Over one hundred publications already present in the Covid-19 online library, enriched also by video interviews of the major international experts
A precious “Ariadne's thread” to orient oneself in the many scientific publications published in the last three months on Covid-19 and to build solid knowledge on a completely new and unknown pathogen. It is the virtual, multimedia library, specialized on coronavirus created by the Menarini International Foundation, which continues its mission of promoting culture and scientific education, with the aim of guaranteeing updating and online training for all health professionals in the world, in a time when these activities are suspended or very difficult, so as to better know and face the pandemic. The scientific articles are collected and cataloged in a database that is easily and quickly accessible with a simple click for doctors and health professionals: infectious diseases and virologists, pulmonologists and cardiologists, pediatricians and neurologists, immunologists and internists, nurses and anyone interested in the word of science, for in-depth and scientifically correct information, he can access this new resource, one of a kind, constantly updated, now enriched by over one hundred works, scientific materials and video interviews with leading international experts. All contributions are divided by topic, to make consultation easy and immediate: scientific articles, reviews, comments, opinions of leading international experts and institutional materials, are collected in sections dedicated to the in-depth knowledge of SARS-CoV-2: from experiments in course on epidemiological data, clinic, immunology, virology, infectious disease, therapies and official guidelines. The contributions are selected in order to offer a reasoned collection of the most important and significant data, with the scientific supervision of Dr. Louis J. Ignarro, Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 1998 and member of the Scientific Committee of the Menarini International Foundation.
“We are experiencing the most serious and global nightmare of our life - comments Louis J. Ignarro - The coronavirus responsible for Covid-19 is a highly contagious and virulent virus that has completely changed our lives in a very short period of time. In the face of this tragedy, the Menarini International Foundation has taken the initiative to publish a continuously updated and selected list of the most relevant and relevant articles chosen by the most authoritative international medical journals around the world. We hope that this service will be appreciated and above all used to increase the understanding of a very important but extremely complicated topic ".
"An easy-to-access, clear and authoritative tool becomes even more necessary in a phase in which, due to the coronavirus emergency, all the usual medical updating activities are suspended or carried out with great difficulty - adds Andrea Cossarizza, expert who collaborates with the Foundation and Full Professor of General Pathology, Vice President of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and President of the International Society for Advancement of Citometry- The "virtual", multimedia and specialized library on coronavirus which is enriched day by day with relevant contributions under the guidance of an authoritative Scientific Committee and with the precious contribution of a Nobel Prize for Medicine such as Professor Ignarro, is therefore a tool that can help you find your way in the large amount of scientific publications all the health workers who are involved in the fight in Covid-19 in various ways and who want verified data and information, among the most essential and significant. With this database we want to substantially support the advancement and diffusion of knowledge about coronavirus, in order to progress more quickly and more effectively in the fight against Covid-19 ".