Biography

Giulio Tarro was born on July 9,1938 in Messina, Sicily, Dr Tarro is currently engaged in scientific research related to the separation and identification of tumour antigens present on cell membranes and their potential value in immunotherapy for cancer. Dr Tarro began his medical studies at Messina University in 1956. In 1960 continued at Naples University from which he received his M.D."summa cum laude” in 1962. In 1965 he went to the Children's Hospital Research Foundation at the University of Cincinnati, where he worked with Dr Albert B. Sabin as a Research associate for three years and subsequently in 1968 and 1969 he was assistant Professor of Research Pediatrics at the same University Naples and established a virology laboratory at the Hospital for Infectious Diseases with the help of a Research Contract from the National Cancer lnstitute (U.S.A.)and the professorship for Oncological Virology in 1972. In 1973 Dr Tarro worked as Senior Scientist at the Frederick Cancer Research Center with Dr Albert Sabin, who was then a special consultant for the National Cancer lnstitute.

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Research Interest

Tumor immunology, Pathology of AIDS