AUTHOR

Francesca Romana Antonetti, Italian, has a degree in Medicine obtained from Rome Tor Vergata University. She currently collaborates with the Molecular Oncology Laboratory at the Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata in Rome and is working on microRNA.

EDITOR

Tommaso Sacco

Medical Advisor
Serono Symposia International Foundation
Rome, Italy

Born in Pescara in December 1955, Dr. Tommaso Sacco graduated in Medicine and specialized in Internal Medicine and in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy at Bologna University as well as Endocrinology at Modena University. He participated in clinical and research activities while attending the Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology Department of Bologna University as student trainee and resident as well as at the Endocrinology Department of Modena University as resident. He has taught Clinical Pharmacology at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Milan University and at the School of Specialization in Gastroenterology of the G. D’Annunzio University in Chieti. He is author of 60 scientific publications. He later worked as general practitioner, hospital specialist and private practice specialist. Dr. Sacco has also been consultant for various Pharmaceutical Companies on research projects, training activities and scientific communication projects. Since 2006 he collaborates with Serono Symposia International Foundation as medical advisor and medical writer. Dr. Sacco is a registered medical practitioner at the Italian Order of Physicians of Ravenna (N0. 2703)