Carlo M. Croce
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| Born |
Carlo Maria Croce December 17, 1944 Milan, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian ; American |
| Occupation | Medical Doctor and oncologist |
| Known for | Cancer Research |
Carlo M. Croce (born December 17, 1944) is an Italian-American professor of medicine at Ohio State University, specializing in oncology and noted for research into the genetic mechanisms of cancer. Croce's work focuses on microRNAs and their role in oncology. His research has attracted public attention because of multiple allegations of scientific misconduct.
Croce has received numerous awards, including the 2006 Clowes Memorial Award from the American Association for Cancer Research for his discoveries of the molecular mechanisms of leukemia. In 2010, he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He is the director of Human Cancer Genetics, chairman of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, and director of the Institute of Genetics at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is also professor of medical oncology at the University of Ferrara School of Medicine.
Croce was born on December 17, 1944, in Milan, Italy, to a housewife and a mechanical engineer. At age 2, he moved to Rome with his family. In 1963, he entered the school of medicine of La Sapienza University of Rome and graduated in 1969 summa cum laude in medicine and Latin.
He began his career in the United States the following year as an associate scientist at the Wistar Institute of Biology and Anatomy in Philadelphia. In 1980, he was named Wistar Professor of Genetics at the University of Pennsylvania and associate director of the Wistar Institute, titles he held until 1988. He was at Wistar from 18 years. From 1988-91, he was director of the Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Croce rapidly expanded the faculty and staff and launched a PhD programme in genetics, but said he was not given enough support and space by Temple.
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