In Memory of Edoardo Boncinelli
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Genetist first, extraordinary spreader later. The discovery of 1985 in dialogue with a colleague
His scientific activity took place first at the Institute of Genetics and Biophysics of the National Research Council of Naples (Igb-Cnr), and then in Milan, where he directed the laboratory of molecular biology of the San Raffaele Institute and the Center of cellular and molecular pharmacology of the CNR
It was the "dad" of the genius-architect who designed and controlled the correct development of the human body: the geneticist Edoardo Boncinelli died in Milan, at the age of 84, leaving a great scientific and popular heritage. The architect genes had discovered them in 1985 along with some of his collaborators, and that discovery is considered among the most important for the biology of this century, the result of an intuition had chatting with…
He died at the age of 84 the geneticist Edoardo Boncinelli, famous for having discovered the genes that regulate the correct development of the human organism and for its intense activity of...
In memory of Edoardo Boncinelli
In memory of Edoardo Boncinelli fderuvo Mon, 07/21/2025 - 14:48 SISSA mourns the passing of Edoardo Boncinelli, eminent geneticist, passionate science communicator and former Director of the School from 2001 to 2004. Boncinelli passed away yesterday in Milan at the age of 84.Born in Rodi and graduated in physics in Florence, he later turned his scientific interests to biology, making major contributions to the study of homeotic (homeobox) genes,…
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