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Brief Research Description

Her laboratory focuses on the study of miRNAs involved in age-related pathologies, in particular cancer. The research activity aims at identifying miRNAs that are involved in breast cancer and osteosarcoma progression. The final goal of her research is the development of innovative miRNA-based therapy and diagnostic tools that could help the clinical management of breast cancer and osteosarcoma. Due to their nature and presence in different body fluids, miRNAs can serve as biomarkers both for prevention of both neoplastic disease and aging-related pathology. Her recent research efforts are devoted to study the reasons of the increase in breast cancer incidence observed in young women in the last 10 years with the final aim to identify miRNAs that could function as biomarker to prevent early-onset breast cancer.

Keywords

miRNAs, miRNA-based therapy, breast cancer, aging, osteosarcoma 

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