Silence That Kills - La Cosulenza Scientifica

Prof. GILBERTO CORBELLINI

Professor Gilberto Corbellini specializes in teaching Bioethics, Medical Epistemology, and the History of Medicine, and has a degree in Philosophy and a Ph.D. in Public Health. He has dedicated his studies to the history of biomedical science in the 19th Century, specializing in immunology and neurology. His further studies include the evolution of aethiological models, the development of diseases, the development of medical pedagogy in the past century, and the importance of ethics in the application of the most recent medical advances.

Prof. CLAUDIO GIORLANDINO

Professor Claudio Giorlandino is an Obstetrician-Gynecologist, who works as a Government Consultant to the European Commission. He was awarded with the European Certificate of Professional Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and he is listed among the experts in the "General Health Commission Database" of the European Commission in 2004. His primary activities include consulting and collaboration with the health departments of the European Commission member states concerning general health issues, and genetic screening initiatives and research. From the "London Times" .A picture of a laughing, blond two-year-old hangs on one wall of the office of Claudio Giorlandino, president of Italy's National Commission on Maternity and Birth. The boy, a twin, was delivered at 29 weeks by C-section — without which the child would almost certainly have died. Says Giorlandino: "We 'bring to life' with C-sections a large number of fetuses that, in natural terms, would never have survived to birth." That's why Giorlandino, like many in the medical establishment, feels that the World Health Organization (WHO) ..

Prof. ANTONIO GIORDANO

Geneticist - Researcher

Professor Antonio Giordano, M.D., Ph.D., is the president and founder of the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine in Philadelphia. The discovery and cloning of the tumor suppressing gene Rb2/p130, and the genes CDK9 and CDK10 are a result of Professor Giordano's work in the capacity of researcher. Antonio Giordano (born October 11, 1962), is an Italian-American molecular biologist, best known as the discoverer of Rb2/p130, a tumor suppressor gene. He is also the President and Founder of the Sbarro Health Research Organization, a research institute devoted to understanding and curing cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other chronic diseases. He is also a founder and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Human Health Foundation Onlus (HHF), an Italian charity for basic medical research supported by the Banco de Spoleto, located in Terni, Umbria. He also serves as President of the Scientific Advisory ...

Prof. EDOARDO BONCINELLI

Professor Edoardo Boncinelli is the current director of SISSA-ISAS, an international university in Trieste. He is a member of the European Academy and of the EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization), and, until recently, held the position of president of the Italian Society of Biophysics and Molecular Biology. His prime contributions to science have been an understanding of the biological processes of embryological development in humans and humanoids.

Prof. LUCIO SCOPSI

Professor Lucio Scopsi is an Oncologist specialized in the evolution of hereditary neoplasia and in genetic counseling. He is also an Endocrinologist specialized in endocrine tumors and the endocrine implications of neoplasia. Since July of 2003, he is a member of the National Counsel to the charity organization GENIO (Genetics in Oncology), of which he is also the Founder.

Dott.ssa MARINA BALDI

As technical director and sole administrator of the "Società Consultorio di Genetica Srl" in Italy, she oversees and carries out 7,000 genetic diagnoses a year. She is a member of various international associations specializing in genetics and research, and author and co-author several publications specialized in these topics. She is also known for her speeches in national and international congresses.