Galway, Ireland The Effect of Thermoplastic Zein And Hydroxyapatite on the in vitro Degradation and Biological Response of Novel Multi-Phase PCL Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering Aurelio Salerno, Stefania Zeppetelli, Ernesto Di Maio, Salvatore Iannace, Paolo A. Netti Corresponding Author: [email protected] 1 Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Biomaterials and Italian Institute of Technolo...

Massimo D’Agostino, Giusy Tornillo, Maria Gabriella Caporaso, Maria Vittoria Barone, Eric Ghigo, Stefano Bonatti* and Giovanna Mottola* Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biotecnologie Mediche, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy Dipartimento di Pediatria, European Laboratory For the Investigation of Food Induced Disease, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Via S...

As a results of the case report "Post-rotavirus vaccine intussusception in identical twins: a case report" recently published on Human Vaccines & Immunotherapy by La Rosa et al., the principal Sicilian Public Health Authorities decided to specify several points and underline some important details omitted by the authors. In particular, aims to underline the remarkable benefit for Sicilian Regio...

We study the impact of organized crime on electoral competition. In a theoretical model where parties compete for mafia support, we show that (i) the strongest party is willing to pay the highest price to secure mafia services; (ii) the volume of electoral trade with the mafia increases with political competition and with the efficiency of the mafia organization. Guided by these theoretical pre...

1 Department of Pharmacy, University Federico II of Naples, Via Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy 2 Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and General Pathology, Second University of Naples, Via S. M. Costantinopoli 16, 80138 Naples, Italy 3 Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Via F. Marzolo 5, 35131 Padova, Italy 4Department of Pharmaceutical Scienc...

1 Department of Colorectal Oncology at the National Cancer Institute, “G. Pascale” foundation, via M. Semmola, Naples, Italy 2 Department of Pharmacy at the ASL-Naples-3, via Marittima 3/B, Ercolano, NA, Italy 3 Department of Pharmacy at the National Cancer Institute, “G. Pascale” foundation, via M. Semmola, Naples, Italy 4 Institute of Psychological and Systemic Medicine, via F. Giordani 30, N...

Stefania Galdiero 1,2,* ID and Paula A. C. Gomes 3,* ID 1 Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Naples, Italy 2 Interuniversity Research Centre on Bioactive Peptides (CIRPEB), University of Naples Federico II, Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Naples, Italy 3 LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences,...

background: klebseilla pneumoniae causes urinary tract infections, nosocomial pneumonia and intra-abdominal infections. capsular antigens are considered to be the ultimate virulence determinants. among 77 capsular serotypes of k. pneumoniae, serotypes k1 and k2 are the most virulent ones in humans. objectives: we designed a pcr method for detection of capsular serotypes k1 and k2 of k. pneumoni...

Dario Leosco,1* Guido Iaccarino,2* Ersilia Cipolletta,2 Domenico De Santis,1 Eliana Pisani,1 Valentina Trimarco,2 Nicola Ferrara,3 Pasquale Abete,1 Daniela Sorriento,2 Franco Rengo,1 and Bruno Trimarco2 1Chair of Geriatrics and 2Chair of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinic Medicine, Cardiovascular, and Immunological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II,” 80131 Naples; and 3Department...