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Giuseppe Scalabrino

Giuseppe Scalabrino

Professor
Institute of General Pathology
Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health
University of Milan
Italy
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Dr. Giuseppe Scalabrino studied at the School of Medicine of the University of Milan and received his M.D. degree magna cum laude in 1968. Since 1969, Dr. Scalabrino has held a number of academic positions in the Institute of General Pathology of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. He was Associate Professor of General Pathology between 1971 and 1985; from 1986 till 2014 has been full Professor of General Pathology. Over the course of his distinguished career, Dr. Scalabrino has been involved as invited speaker in various professional conferences, mainly dealing with the role of polyamines in oncology and subsequently with the role of vitamin B12 (cobalamin) in mammalian central nervous system. Among Dr. Scalabrino’s numerous honors is the International Award “Roentgen” from Italian Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, which he received for oncological research in 1983. Reviewer of International Scientific Journals and author of more than 100 scientific papers published in journals with impact factors. Dr. Scalabrino’s studies of cobalamin neurotrophism have been mentioned in 12 american textbook of neurology, hematology, biochemistry, and vitaminology. Research Interest: Vitamine B12, Myelin diseases, Neurodegenerative diseases, Multiple sclerosis