• PLEA FOR A CORRECT USE OF STEM CELLS IN THERAPY

    The “Stem Cell Research Italy” Association (www.stemcellitaly.org) and the “Sbarro Health Research Organization”  (www.shro.org) make a public plea for a correct use of stem cell therapy in Italy and Europe.
    Stem Cell Research Italy (SCR…

  • How the Mafia Is Ruining Naples’s Food Scene

    People around the world have embraced the local food movement as a way to support local economies, eat healthier and reduce their carbon footprint. Residents of Naples, Italy, however, are doing just the opposite.
    Napolitanos…

  • Tummy Tuck: Risks and Rewards

    Tummy tucks, also known by their medical name of abdominoplasty, are a popular cosmetic surgery. People who have lost large amounts of weight or had several children are especially likely to have excess skin and…

  • Numbers count for what concerns cancer

    Philadelphia, November 30th, 2012. A new study on the incidence of breast cancer in Italy has been
    published in the International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research. The authors
    belong to a multidisciplinary Italian-American…

  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine and its use in Cancer Patients

    Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is defined as a group of different medical and health care practices with non-pharmacological products that are not presently considered part of conventional medicine. Complementary medicine is used together or…

General Medicine

How the Mafia Is Ruining Naples’s Food Scene

People around the world have embraced the local food movement as a way to support local economies, eat healthier and reduce their carbon footprint. Residents of Naples, Italy, however, are doing just the opposite.
Napolitanos…

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An approach of memory by the optics of medical philosophy

The memory system began to be studied in ancient philosophy and nowadays its research,basically,belongs to the cognitive neuroscience.At medical science is still,till today,unproven the mechanism of its funtion.The medical philosophy can achieve the difficult attempt…

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First Aid

After various considerations we decided to give our readers a brief introduction to a very important and serious topic that is not talked about enough: “FIRST AID”
To do this we decided to write a…

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Systems Biology

Systems biology is the study of biology through systematic perturbation, the global read-out of the multifaceted response and integration of these data to formulate predictive models1. Classical biology is based on a reductionist model in…

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Muscles and their movements

A brief general introduction to the functioning of our muscles is necessary before talking about training and nutrition.
How can we train to change and improve our bodies, if we do not know the names…

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The embryo of the sea urchin.

The case of Campania is probably not only the most serious, ingrained, and institutionalized
among the territories controlled by the eco-mafia in Italy. It is unique in the world, also, or especially, because of the…

PLEA FOR A CORRECT USE OF STEM CELLS IN THERAPY

The “Stem Cell Research Italy” Association (www.stemcellitaly.org) and the “Sbarro Health Research Organization”  (www.shro.org) make a public plea for a correct use of stem cell therapy in Italy and Europe.
Stem Cell Research Italy (SCR…

How the Mafia Is Ruining Naples’s Food Scene

People around the world have embraced the local food movement as a way to support local economies, eat healthier and reduce their carbon footprint. Residents of Naples, Italy, however, are doing just the opposite.
Napolitanos…

Tummy Tuck: Risks and Rewards

Tummy tucks, also known by their medical name of abdominoplasty, are a popular cosmetic surgery. People who have lost large amounts of weight or had several children are especially likely to have excess skin and…

Numbers count for what concerns cancer

Philadelphia, November 30th, 2012. A new study on the incidence of breast cancer in Italy has been
published in the International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research. The authors
belong to a multidisciplinary Italian-American…

Complementary and Alternative Medicine and its use in Cancer Patients

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is defined as a group of different medical and health care practices with non-pharmacological products that are not presently considered part of conventional medicine. Complementary medicine is used together or…

5th Annual Grande Ippocrate Award for Scientific Research and Communication Presented to This Year’s Researcher of the Year, Antonio Giordano, M.D., Ph.D.

Milan, November 9, 2012 – Antonio Giordano, M.D., Ph.D. is being awarded the Grande Ippocrate Award for Scientific Research and Communication. The award ceremony will take place at the “Castel Nuovo”on November 19, 2012, commencing…

Conference on Breast Cancer: Bridging Research and Clinical Medicine

On October 12, 2012, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., the Sbarro Health Research Organization, Inc. (S.H.R.O.), the Giovan Giacomo Giordano Foundation, the College of Science and Technology at Temple University and the National Italian American…

CAMPANIA – LAND OF POISON

On July the 30th, the Pascale Tumor Institute of Naples made a shocking report: 47% more people are stricken with cancer in Naples than in the rest of the Italy.
This figure is disturbing, but…

Immagine

Fostering International Entrepreneurship & Innovation

U.S. & Italian Strategies for Turning Research into Business
The Italian Trade Commission invites you to an international training seminar that aims to provide concrete tools and examples to support the commercialization of science research…

Immagine

The Price of a False Idea about Economic Growth

Two Crises
In ancient Ionia, the physician-philosopher Galen of Pergamos and Rome wrote, children would take pig bladders, “fill them with air, and then rub them with ashes near the fire …and sing songs [in]…

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Novel Mechanism May Lead to New Targeted Pharmacological Cancer Treatment

Inactivation of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein (pRb) by phosphorylation triggers uncontrolled cell proliferation. Accordingly, activation of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)/cyclin complexes or downregulation of CDK inhibitors appears as a common event in human cancer.
Now,…

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Hope: a therapeutic tool?

Patients with advanced-stage cancer are generally submitted to so-called palliative treatments that primarily aim to control symptoms such as pain and malnourishment, but also psychological and social problems. The goal of such treatments is to…

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8 rules for living better

A healthy diet, which is rich in fruits and vegetables, whole grains and legumes and contains limited red meat, preserved meats and sugared beverages, protects against tumor development and recurrences.
The right diet can be…

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The V Astana Economic Forum

In May 22-24, 2012, in Astana (Kazakhstan) will be held the Fifth Astana Economic Forum (AEF), dedicated to the challenges and prospects of world economic development in terms of global transformation.
One of the exclusive…

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Opinion: Good, But Not Good Enough

The system for funding scientific research is broken.
This declaration came to my mind after I experienced three separate occurrences. The first was my application for a European research grant. At the end of the…

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New Hope for Amyloidosis Patients Facing Organ Transplants or Dealing with Side Effects

Amyloidosis patients are expected to see some significant breakthroughs in treatment over the next three years, reducing side effects and possibly the need for organ transplants, research by healthcare market analysis specialist GlobalData has found.…

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Gary Stein

 
Gary Stein, graduate of the University of Vermont is returning home as co-Director of the Vermont Cancer Center and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry. Following graduate training at UVM in physiology and biology…