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2008-09-06
A new discovery on the role of the protein cdk9-55 in the regeneration of muscle tissue and in cell differentiation could lead to find new therapies for the reconstruction of muscle tissue damaged by disease, accidents or aging, as reported by the researchers of the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine of Temple University in Philadelphia, and of the University of Siena. In... read
2008-10-20
Modern medical science is now able to artificially support life and has created a new boundary between life and death, no longer anchored to the cessation of control of body functions by the individual, thus raising debatable ethical issues. The case of Eluana Englaro, who has been in a deep coma for 16 years, has recently received great public attention. Her father initially obtained a court... read
2008-11-20
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The tumor suppressor gene pRb2/p130 may provide the first independent prognostic biomarker in cases of soft tissue sarcoma (STS), according to an international collaboration of researchers, including scientists at the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine at the College of Science and Technology at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, the Department of Human Pathology and... read
2009-01-09
Italy is second in the world in the field of robotic surgery, with as many as 1585 cases treated in 29 hospitals in Italy in 2007. The United States hold the world record with 545 of the 719 installed systems worldwide, against 119 installed in Europe. Italy also exceeds France (18 hospitals with a robot in the operating room), Germany (13) and United Kingdom (9).
The news comes from the... read
2009-04-08
(March 22, 2009 – Philadelphia, PA) -- The clinically approved AIDS drug ABC (Abacavir) can reduce proliferation and induce differentiation of human medulloblastoma cells through the downregulation of telomerase activity, which may make it an effective therapeutic strategy for the treatment of the highly malignant primary brain tumors, according to research published in the International... read
2009-04-08
A team of researchers from The Imperial College of London has discovered a hormone that can restore ovulation and increase fertility, allowing women to receive a more effective, and less risky, therapy than the ovarian hyperstimulation that many women, whishing to become pregnant, are presently undergoing.
This protein, called Kisspeptin, plays a key role in the early stages of puberty.... read
2010-01-27
Giulio Tarro, Chief Emeritus, A. O.
"D. Cotugno", Naples, and Adjunct Professor at Temple University in Philadelphia, where he often collaborated with the noted Neapolitan researcher Antonio Giordano of the Sbarro Institute in projects like the Human Health Foundation Onlus - the promising foundation founded in 2006 in Spoleto - gives his point of view on A/H1N1 virus alarm in Italy.
The data... read
2010-04-27
Gene Src (short for sarcoma) is part of a family of proto-oncogenic tyrosine kinases active in many tumors, including medulloblastoma, the most common malignant cancer in children. Src represents one of the most promising targets for cancer therapy.
A recent study shows that pyrazolo-[3,4-d]–pyrimidine-derivatives, designed to target Src, may be effective in interfering with the cell cycle and... read
2010-06-07
Src (short for sarcoma) is a family of proto-oncogenic tyrosine kinases active in many cancer tumors, including medulloblastoma, the most common malignant cancer in children. Src represents one of the most promising targets for cancer therapy.
A recent study shows that pyrazolo-[3,4-d]–pyrimidine-derivatives, designed to target Src, may be effective in interfering with the cell cycle and... read
2010-07-09
The Institute of Biosciences for Human Health of the Human Health Foundation Onlus of Spoleto (HHF), Foundation for Human Health, based in Spoleto and Terni, opened in Terni, in the Maratta location (via Bartocci 9 / B) on June 7.
Some years ago, two professionals coming from completely different areas of work, met and discussed at length, and afterwards created, a completely innovative project... read
2010-09-29
The European Brain Research Institute (EBRI), founded by Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi Montalcini, that almost closed for lack of funds, will be funded for the next five years by the China Xiamen Biotech LDT for a total about two million Euros. In essence, an agreement that was signed few days ago will place China and Italy to work together on potential applications of the Nerve Growth Factor... read
2010-10-08
On Saturday, October 2, at the Conference Center of Hotel Fior di Castelfrancoveneto, the second day of the seminar entitled: "Integrated diagnostic and therapeutic approach: hepatocellular carcinoma, GIST, renal cancer, neuroendocrine tumors”.
Session I on Hepatocarcinoma was introduced by the President of the Congress, Prof. Paul Manente who, at the start, wished to remember the famous... read
2010-10-11
The President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano, by decree, awarded to Professor Antonio Giordano the honorary distinction of “Commendatore of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic". The award ceremony was held October 1 at 11:00 am at the Prefecture of Naples in the presence of the Prefect, Andrea De Martino, who delivered medals to 50 citizens of Naples and its Province that stood out... read
2010-10-28
Alarm in Naples. The City is re-submerged by trash. Heaps of garbage prevents access to stores and night bonfires are a dramatic spectacle. Naples is burning, and the pictures of this sad and shameful spectacle go again around the world after a little more than a year since the last emergency.
The issue involves the health of citizens and cannot be hushed up. For several decades there has been a... read
2010-11-02
On October 15 and 16, 2010, the VII "Wine and Health" Conference was held in Montalcino at the Theatre of the Astrusi
The event, sponsored by the Wine and Health Association in collaboration with the Municipality of Montalcino and the Consorzio del Vino Brunello, addressed this important and timely issue: the wine and its health effects. The Mayor of Montalcino Maurizio Buffi, the President of... read
2010-11-04
Last Saturday, October 30, 2010, a few days after the visit of former President Bill Clinton, the current President of the United States, Barack Obama, visited Temple University in Philadelphia to support the candidates of his party, ahead of midterm elections.
In his speech he pep rallied the United States to return to be leaders, not only in the world of enterprise, but also in technology... read
2010-11-24
The garbage has plagued Naples and its province for years: sixteen long years.The inspectors recently sent in by the European Union have denounced this situation, that has remained almost unchanged over the past two years, since there is, to date, no plan for the treatment and management of waste. Landfills are overflowing, and about 2,900 tons of garbage are left on the streets.
The requests... read
2010-12-01
One hundred and sixty five thousand children under age 5 die every year worldwide due to passive smoking. This is the sad statistical data reported by a recent study published in the journal Lancet, which should lead us to think about the dangers to which, sometimes quite unconsciously, adults expose children. Cigarette smoke is inhaled directly by smokers and partly exhaled.
Between a "drag"... read
2010-12-10
Dr. Franklin Garcia, Chancellor 0f the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, which is one of the biggest Universities of the Americas for its size, history and curriculum, presented to Professor Antonio Giordano, director of the Sbarro Institute in Philadelphia, the title of Professor Emeritus. The following is the translation of the Chancellor’s speech:
"The delivery of the title of... read
2010-12-15
Journalist Tony Kirby, in an article published in the famous journal “The Lancet”,wrote:
"Even though Canada does not expose its citizens to asbestos, it plans to continue exporting this deadly substance to the developing countries, drawing widespread condemnation “.
Professor Antonio Giordano, director of the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, USA, is one of the... read
2010-12-27
Introduced in 2006, the 5x1000 tax rule has provided the opportunity for the taxpayer to allocate 5x1000 of their personal income tax (PIT) in support of a number of targeted beneficiaries.
Currently, the Finance Act of 2010 has placed in the targeted beneficiary categories voluntary organizations, the ONLUSs (not-for-profit associations for social avail), foundations for social promotion,... read
2011-02-09
European Community college graduates citizens born after January 1, 1969 returning to work in Italy will benefit from a tax reduction of 20% for female workers, and 30% for male workers, until December 31, 2013.
The benefits will lapse if the worker decides not to stay in Italy for at least 5 years.
In this case, the state will proceed with the recovery of the benefits received, with penalties... read
2011-02-18
Saturday, January 15 at 11:00 am at the Bottiglieri Hall of the Province of Salerno, the "New Tumor Registry of Salerno" was presented in the presence of: the oncologist Dr. Frank Romeo; the managing directors of the hospitals of the province; the directors of the healthcare district; the directors of ASL
Salerno Unica; prof. Giulio Tarro; the Municipal Councillors for healthcare policies;... read
2011-02-25
On February 21 at 9 pm at the Umberto Theater went on stage "Living wills. Confrontation between feelings and rights”, an initiative of the Democratic Party and senator and surgeon, Professor Ignazio Marino, for the purpose to bring attention to the bill on "Measures of the therapeutic alliance, informed consent and advanced treatment provisions" better known as living will, that will be... read
2011-02-28
(February 24) – PHILADELPHIA -- Despite innumerable studies on lung cancer, many aspects of the disease have yet to be understood, including the role played by the retinoblastoma-related protein Rb2/p130 in the evolution of the disease. In a new study, researchers from the Sbarro Health Research Organization Center for Biotechnology Research (SHRO), a cancer, cardiovascular and diabetes... read
2011-03-30
Seven prestigious Italian-Americans, who have excelled in the fields of communication, business and medicine, were elected to the Board of Directors of the National Italian American Foundation's (NIAF) last March 11, 2011, during a meeting at the Wigwam Golf Resort & Spa in Litchfield Park, Arizona.
The new NIAF "Board of Directors" elected members are: Maria Bartiromo, the CNBC network... read
2011-04-11
In Campania breast cancers were up twenty percent in women under age 40, according to the data presented by Professor Antonio Giordano, president of the Scientific Board of Crom Mercogliano, who has been conducting this study in collaboration with the Human Health Foundation of Spoleto, but especially with the United States.
In Campania the monitoring was made possible through collaboration with... read
2011-04-15
Help cancer and cardiovascular diseases research, and work with us to brin our brains back from foreign countries.
Please, give your 5x1000 to Human Health Foundation Onlus.
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Sign up for the support of non-profit Social Organizations and support our Institute of Biosciences for Human Health of Terni.Together we can do a lot.
To better know us go to:... read
2011-05-24
The meeting aims to provide an overview of recent developments in translational cancer research. In particular the mechanisms of cell cycle control as a platform for the identification of molecules designed to inhibit cell proliferation in cancer cells will be discussed; more specifically, will discuss the potential anticancer effects of some agents that act as inhibitors of histone... read
2011-05-27
The Anisakis is a common intestinal parasite of fish; parasites, as such, live at the expense of other organisms of a species different from theirs.
The Anisakis Simplex is nematode of the Anisakidae family, present in the intestines of many marine mammals, such as dolphins, seals, etc... and, in its larval stage, in many fish, including sardines and anchovies, cod, hake, tuna and mackerel;... read
2011-06-06
The "Human Health Foundation Onlus" which is based in Spoleto, is a non-profit Foundation for Basic and Translational Scientific Research; scientific personalities from different countries, both European and International, are members of the Foundation.
The Foundation is purely a not-for-profit research organization, regardless of its legal status or funding source, whose principal statutory... read
2011-07-01
While many young people mistakenly believe that hand-rolled cigarettes are less dangerous to smoke than filtered cigarettes, a new study shows that smoking hand-rolled cigarettes has stronger genotoxic and oxidative effects on the metabolism than smoking manufactured filtered-cigarettes. The research was published in the journal Mutation Research.
Cigarette smoking is a major cause of human... read
2011-07-19
Italy may be proud of the success of a scientific study in the United States, which, once again, reaffirms the professionalism of our researchers in the world.
Italian scholars of the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, USA, have discovered a new mechanism used by cells to activate silenced genes. This process is critical in preventing the development of cancer, suggesting the possibility... read
2011-08-02
How long can Naples resist with the trash in the street, before the health care alarm becomes a real epidemic? Giulio Tarro, a leading expert in virology at the international level, a student of the "Monument" of medicine at Albert Sabin, director emeritus at Cotugno Hospital from 1973 to 2006, and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Biology, Center for Biotechnology, Sbarro Institute for... read
2011-08-10
TK (Philadelphia, PA) --Researchers from the lab of Antonio Giordano, M.D., Ph.D., the Founder and Director of the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, have identified new potential anti-tumor agents that might be effective in treating mesothelioma, one of the deadliest cancer tumors.
Scientists tested new pyrazolo [3,4-d ]pyrimidine derivative inhibitors of the SRC... read
2011-08-22
Professor Giovan Giacomo Giordano passed on July 29 last year.
A year after his death we remember the distinguished medical pathologist who has devoted over sixty years of his life to the field of cancer research and to the teaching of Anatomy and Histologic Pathology at the University of Naples.
Giovan Giacomo Giordano author and coauthor of over three hundred scientific publications, from... read
2011-09-26
A new study shows that there are major differences between oncologists and primary care physicians regarding knowledge, attitudes, and practices required to care for American's 12 million cancer survivors. That is the key finding of the first nationally representative survey of doctors that reveals how these differences pose significant barriers to effective communication and coordination of care... read
2011-09-08
Chromoendoscopy associated with high-definition video endoscopy offers the possibility to analyze the spectra of colors in the captured image, using dyes (indigo carmine, methylene blue), and high-definition zooming, to study the mucosa (magnification). This technique becomes essential for the recognition of early stages of dysplasia and intestinal cancers, but becomes crucial in patients at high... read
2011-09-15
My first meeting with Professor Giordano occurred on December 14, 1962 when he was a board member at my graduation, and again in 1970 to meet his son Antonio who had seen me at the RAI in a television interview with Albert Sabin and a swarm of children vaccinated against polio. Afterwards, , when he was professor of pathology at the University of Naples and Scientific Director of the Pascale... read
2011-09-29
In 1993, Antonio Giordano, M.D., Ph.D., founded the Sbarro Institute with a $1 million donation from Mario Sbarro, the Founder of the Sbarro restaurant chain, following Dr. Giordano’s discovery of the tumor suppressor gene pRb2. Initially named the Sbarro Institute, the research center was located at Thomas Jefferson University, where Dr. Giordano was a professor.
When Dr. Giordano moved to... read
2012-03-23
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 one “protective” factor against cancer, but lifestyle must always be considered as well. Indeed, it is important to engage in physical activity and avoid alcohol and... read
2012-04-27
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, a new study from the Sbarro Health Research Organization shows that Pin1 (protein interacting with NIMA (never... read
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2012-10-11 - 2012-10-14
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