The Grand Duke Francesco de Medici, a prominent politician in the Tuscany region of Italy in the 16th century, died under mysterious circumstances in 1587 – with the suddenness of his death giving rise to rumors that he'd been poisoned.

New research determined that the mysterious death of a ruler from the powerful Florentine Medici family was due to illness, not murder.

Una nuova ricerca ha identificato il Dna mitocondriale del plasmodio che causa la malaria nelle ossa del Granduca di Toscana