Molecular Inhibitors Can Boost Natural Tumor Suppression to Fight Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma
Inhibition of the oncogenic kinase AKT, a key protein governing the cell cycle, was found to arrest cancer cell proliferation and triggered their programmed death by apoptosis. The study, published today in Oncogene, represents significant progress in the clinical translation of previous basic scientific discoveries. “Understanding the molecular fe...
Interview: A Conversation with Gianandrea Noseda, Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra
The orchestra that makes its home in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall has only had one American music director in the last two generations. So it’s easy to forget that the 100-strong band is, after all, the National Symphony Orchestra of the United States. Maybe that’s why it has felt so obvious for the NSO to just go ahead and promote the Italian c...
Northampton Judge Giordano returning to private practice: 'I’ve always been adventurous'
Northampton County Judge Emil Giordano remembers how the grieving mother’s words just kept spilling out. It was at a sentencing for a murder nearly a decade ago, and the woman’s heartbreak was palpable in the courtroom. She spoke, Giordano estimated, for more than an hour as she tried to describe the pain that the loss of her daughter had caused he...
Italian exchange students are a part of Garrett County families
During this school year, two exchange students from Italy are living with families on each end of Garrett County and attending high school as seniors. They are each hosted through a different organization, and the fact that they are both here from Italy is coincidental. Once they learned of the connection, the families met each other and have gotte...
Film Screening: “I Siciliani” In Italian with English subtitles
In a little village in the center of Sicily there is a boy, Ignazio Bonaventura (Antonio Emanuele) working sporadic and, of course, illegal jobs, receiving unemployment benefits. Tired of his condition, he decides to write a book about Sicilians, thus setting out on a journey to interview Sicilians and many popular people (such as Maria Grazia Cuci...
Comedian VIC DIBITETTO On Sale at NJPAC, 4/6
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents a grand prize winner on America's Funniest People, frenetically fantastic comedian Vic DiBitetto - aka "The Italian Hurricane" - is known for his breathlessly funny take on daily life, Feb 8 - 9 , 2019 .On television, the big screen and comedy stages across the country, DiBitetto mixes energy, hone...
Posto Alum’s New Shaw Eatery San Lorenzo Is Taking Shape
Fabbri, who lives down the street, hired design firm Swatchroom to transform the brick-lined space formerly occupied by neighborhood eatery Thally (1316 Ninth St NW). He says the new look is inspired by Il Maialetto, a Michelin-endorsed restaurant in his native Tuscany where he’s had many “fabulous simple meals.” The last casual restaurant Fabbri r...
Mike Marino will bring his Make America Italian Again tour to NJPAC
“I was born in Jersey City and moved out to the suburbs, Scotch Plains when I was about 8 years old,” says the man known as “New Jersey’s Bad Boy” as he discussed his upcoming performances at the Victoria Theater at NJPAC in Newark, April 7 at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Mike Marino has performed his comedy in venues all over the world, yet this guy from North...
Who is Donte DiVincenzo? All you need to know about Villanova's 'Big Ragu'
Villanova guard Donte Divincenzo has been the star of the first half of the NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship. Through 20 minutes, he's come off the bench to score a team-high 18 points, including a 3-of-4 effort from behind the arc. So who is this ultimate sixth man on Villanova's star-studded team? DiVincenzo was a four-star prospect ou...
Carnevale in April helps Delaware high schoolers fulfill their dreams
Have you bought your tickets for the third annual Carnevale? At 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, the Rehoboth Touch of Italy becomes an Italian Street Fair with unlimited food, wine, masks, valet parking, auctions - you name it. And it's all to raise money for the Touch of Italy/RehobothFoodie.com Culinary Scholarship Fund. So why a scholarship fund? Th...
Jersey Dish: Il Vecchio Cafe
From Bloomfield Avenue in Caldwell, the grand entrance marking the boundary of the Calandra's compound is difficult to miss. Even the parking lot is generous -- drivers may jockey for the best spots, but it's a casual sport. Here, as at the mall, no one need worry about finding a space. Inside Il Vecchio Cafe, the generosity continues. The warm, fr...
Sal’s brings Neapolitan-style pizza eatery to Smithfield
Sal’s Pizza may be new to Smithfield, but it’s been around awhile. This Neapolitan-style pizza eatery originated in 1990 in New Hampshire. The magic, however, started in the 1940s on Boston’s North Shore where Sal’s grandparents sold pizzas. Today you can find Sal’s Pizza in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, California, Arizona and now, Smithfield. The...