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Dr. Ugo Rovigatti obtained his Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biology with Summa cum Laude in
\n1973 and in 1999 the Tenured Professorship. From 1979 to 1999 he worked with renown
\nScientists such as C. Basilico, R. Weiss, H. Varmus, S. Astrin, T. Papas, D. Watson, P. Duesberg, JJ
\nYunis, J. Bader, J. Trentin, B. Hirt at: ICRF in London, UK; the Rockefeller University in New York;
\nthe Fox Chase Institute in Philadelphia; St. Jude Children\u2019s Hospital in Memphis, TN; the NCI in
\nFrederick, MD; the Ochsner Foundation-Clinic in New Orleans, LA; the Baylor College of
\nMedicine in Houston, TX. Between 1997 and 1999 he was a sabbatical professor in Switzerland
\n(KISPI in Zurich and ISREC in Lausanne). His research work as PI has been funded by grants from
\nUICC, ICRETT, SCL, MIUR, MURST etc.
\nResearch Interests
\nHis interests in cancer research progressed from work on oncogenic viruses \u2013studies on SV-40
\nand on RSV- to oncogenes\/TSGs \u2013studies on cMYC, NMYC and ETS-, Immunoglobulin
\nRearrangements (childhood cALL, AML and T-ALL) and pediatric neuroblastoma. Starting from
\nneuroblastoma studies, he has developed a model (based on the Micro-Foci inducing Virus,
\nMFV) for the origin of specific genetic aberrations, which is being tested with NGS technology.
\nThis model was eventually extended from paediatric neuroblastoma to paediatric lymphoma,
\nfrom which similar viruses were isolated (MFRVs), and prostate carcinoma, where extensive
\ngenomic heterogeneity (chromoplexy) is present. In the past few years, he has elaborated a
\ngeneral analysis of cancer modeling, thus clarifying new upstream mechanisms (GenomeSnipers) and explicatory pathways. Very recently, he has provided a clearer explanation of the
\nanti-GD2 therapeutic and curative effects (20% OS\/PFS improvement, particularly when N-Myc
\nis amplified) in High-Risk Neuroblastoma, as this ganglioside also behaves as a receptor
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