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(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 8 - One million euro: this is the cipher of the donation that the Valentino Garavani and GiancarloGiammetti Foundation has decided to donate to enhance and contribute to the development of the diagnostic and research activity carried out at the Microbiology and Virology Laboratory of the Polyclinic Gemini. In particular, the financial contribution will be used to purchase diagnostic systems for the analysis of bacterial viral pathogens for patients being treated at the Gemelli Irccs University Hospital and at the Columbus Covid 2 Hospital, thus increasing the productivity and speed of performing tests for Covid- 19 and by developing integrated therapeutic diagnostic procedures for patients with coronavirus suspected or developing clinical research.
In fact, the diagnostic systems allow wide-ranging tests and support both clinical practice and research.
"The development of innovative technologies in diagnostics - explains the general manager of the Policlinico Gemelli Marco Elefanti - which will also be allowed thanks to this contribution, will give our researchers new weapons and effective tools to solve the riddle of this virus, against which the best researchers are engaged. of the world. We too will play our part. "
"We know that faster tests are indispensable for saving hundreds of lives - explain Valentino Garavani and GiancarloGiammetti - and we are honored to be able to contribute to the purchase of these new systems that allow faster diagnostics".
