The history of an old enemy

April 19, 2023 – After events about Music, Literature, Cinema, Art, Language, it’s time to talk about Scienc with a very special lecture by Saverio Gentile.
Professor Gentile, born in Capua, is an amazing communicator and he managed to gather an extraordinary rich presentation about the very long history of cancer – since the Paleolithic – and the pioneering role of Italian scientists who are leading the way into a new era of cancer prevention, detection and treatment.
Saverio Gentile is an Associate Professor and Leader of the Laboratory of Ion Channels in Cancer in the Department of Cell and Molecular, Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). After 9 years at Loyola University in Chicago and 4 years at University of Chicago, he moved to Charleston last year.

Lecture Room of DRUG DISCOVERY BUILDING
70 President Street Charleston, SC 29425