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"La lesione del midollo spinale è stata a lungo ritenuta incurabile. Sarebbe un sogno poter trovare una cura per un paralizzato e tornare a farlo camminare". Ha le idee chiare Elisabetta Mantuano, ricercatrice calabrese cresciuta a Castrolibero, in provincia di Cosenza. Da nove anni Elisabetta lavora al Dipartimento di Patologia dell'Università del...

by Katie Sullivan   Alluring aromas of Italian food will fill the air beginning Thursday, as the Gusto Italian Festival takes to the street on Endicott's North Side. Once home to many Italian-American immigrants, the festival will celebrate the ethnic roots of the Endicott neighborhood.   This year's Gusto festival, now in its 12...

Joe DeBartolo has pizza in his blood. He came from a Sicilian family of restaurateurs (his dad, Vito, opened his first pizzeria in 1966), then ended up owning 75 I Love NY Pizza locations up and down the eastern seaboard. He sold them all in 2008 when the economy got bumpy for New York-style pizza, taking the opportunity to return to Sicily to...

By Natalie Handy   The 90th Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian was the largest in the event's history, drawing thousands from around Greater Boston this past weekend.   Put on by the Saints Cosmas and Damian Society, the annual event serves as a time to appreciate the traditions of Italy and pay homage to the saints. As the pat...

By Stephanie Obodda Massimo has been making waves in the Providence restaurant scene since its opening in mid-June. While many Atwells restaurants have upheld the status quo – upscale but standard Italian fare – Massimo is bursting with creativity in its menu, interior and approach.   You can tell this restaurant is different from the rest...

Un giovane calabrese, reggino per la precisione, rappresenta in questo momento un vero e proprio ponte di collegamento tra la Calabria e gli Stati Uniti d'America. Paolo Zagami, 40 anni, da un anno è il responsabile e il delegato dell'American Chamber of Commerce presso la Regione Calabria.   E' stato lui il deus ex machina della recente vis...

We are proud to announce that Dr. Antonello Bonci, Scientific Director, NIDA Director, Intramural Research Program, NIDA Johns Hopkins Bayview Campus was appointed member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).   Antonello Bonci (born in Pesaro, Italy) is a neurologist and a neuropsychopharmacologist. In 1985, he went to Medical School at...

U.S. consumers are putting more of their Nutella on toast and less on ice cream, and now the federal government may change its view of the smearable treat.   The Food and Drug Administration is looking into reducing Nutella's serving size to one tablespoon from two because Americans are now using the chocolate-hazelnut spread on bread in the...

The Italian American Veterans Auxiliary will sponsor the fourth annual Cookie Walk, 4:30 to 7 p.m., Dec. 8, or until they run out of homemade Italian cookies. Price per pound is $8 and containers will be provided. This cookie walk runs in conjunction with the monthly spaghetti dinner, serving from 4:30 to 7 p.m. the same day.   Spa...

by Jason Cartwright Last night, one of the rare, limited edition (all sold) Ferrari LaFerrari hypercars were sold at auction and raised an impressive $7 Million. This money will go to the the reconstruction efforts of Central Italy in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes of 2016. With Italy being the home of Ferrari, its great to see the c...

by Cecilia Levine   For Teaneck's Daniele Dario, it started with a watch. A biodegradable one, particularly. A gift from his mother back home in Venice, Italy, when he was 6. She explained that the watch was made from recycled materials, which was better for the planet than using plastic or other artificial materials. When Dar...