{"id":193,"date":"2026-01-05T15:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifesciences.agu.edu.tr\/?page_id=193"},"modified":"2026-01-13T19:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:26:43","slug":"gian-l-russo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/lifesciences.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/gian-l-russo\/","title":{"rendered":"Gian L. Russo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dr. Gian Luigi Russo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research Director, National Research Council<\/strong>
\nItaly<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doctorate in Biochemistry. Post-doc at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (NY, USA). Awarded as Fulbright Research Scholar at Stony Brook University (NY, USA). Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2021. Top 2% most widely cited scientists\u2014the World\u2019s Top 2% from Stanford University (2022-2025). Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (5th Class\/Knight). Currently, Research Director at the National Research Council in Italy where he laid the groundwork on how several non-nutritional components present in the regular diet, or molecules derived from food transformation, exert, at the molecular level, a protective effect on degenerative pathologies including cancer.<\/p>\n

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Title: Beyond Antioxidants: The Real Anticancer Logic of Phytochemicals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n

The anticancer activity of dietary phytochemicals has often been framed as antioxidant action, yet contemporary evidence points to a broader, context-dependent capacity to modulate tumor and host networks. This lecture synthesizes mechanistic principles with translational realities to reconcile a persistent paradox: robust anticancer signals in cell and animal models versus weak or inconsistent outcomes in primary\/secondary prevention trials. Limited bioavailability and extensive first-pass metabolism, while contributory, do not fully explain this gap. Additional determinants include the hormetic, dose-time-matrix dependence of responses; the coexistence of antioxidant and pro-oxidant effects; and the differential goals and dosing of treatment versus prevention paradigms. Drawing on literature and our group\u2019s work, I will illustrate how phytochemicals function as signaling rheostats, finely tuning redox-sensitive and stress-response pathways. This reframing moves past broad \u201cantioxidant\u201d narratives to emphasize the precision use of phytochemicals as context-dependent modulators of malignant networks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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