Adriana Albini
Adriana Albini is an Italian pathologist and cancer researcher. She developed the concept of angioprevention which can be used to control cancer development. She is a competitive fencer and six of her novels have been published. In 2000 she was the Scientific Director at the Fondazione MultiMedica Onlus in Milan.
Life
Albini was born in Venice, Italy, on 2 September 1955.In 1985 she had her doctorate and she was employed in research at the Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry.
She works in Milan at the Fondazione MultiMedica Onlus where she is the Scientific Director. She has developed the concept of Angioprevention. Angiogenesis is the name given to the process of forming blood vessels and therefore preventing this process from operating could be used to prevent disease development. Albini and others have shown that several drugs and natural compounds for cancer chemo-prevention actually prevent tumor blood vessel formation. Her concept has been furthered through the identification of many other "angiopreventive" compounds.
Albini was the first Italian to serve on the council of the American Association for Cancer Research. In 2014 the Provincial Council of Brescia awarded her the