Medicina

Ferritina contro i tumori: parte da Roma il primo test sull’uomo

Thena Biotech avvia al Gemelli di Roma il primo test sull'uomo di una nanoparticella di ferritina contro cinque tumori difficili.

Gianluca Riccio

A photorealistic macro-scale scientific illustration showing a glowing, cage-like ferritin nanoparticle — a hollow spherical protein shell assembled from 24 symmetrical subunits, approximately 12 nanometers wide — floating through a dark biological environment representing the bloodstream. The nanoparticle has a warm amber and gold metallic sheen, with a faint polypeptide outer coating rendered as a translucent blue-white layer. In the background, a dense cluster of tumor cells glows with an ominous red-orange bioluminescence, their surfaces crowded with receptor proteins. As the ferritin nanoparticle drifts into the tumor microenvironment, its outer shell begins to fragment and dissolve, releasing tiny luminous chemotherapy molecules into the surrounding tissue. The overall mood is clinical and dramatic — deep navy and black background, sharp scientific lighting highlighting molecular detail, with a subtle Roman cityscape silhouette barely visible in the far distance, evoking the Italian research context. Editorial science photography aesthetic, hyper-detailed, cinematic depth of field.

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