Presentation

The Foundation, dedicated to the memory of the late cav. Gino Galletti, was created in Bologna in 1996, by the wills of the family. Having received the formal approuval of the Italian  Ministry of Health in 1998,  the Foundation became operative in 1999. The Charter of the Foundation call for the promotion of scientific research on Alzheimer disease and other neurodegenerative pathologies, and the diffusion of the public awareness on this subjects.

Per la realizzazione di questi fini la Fondazione ha riconosciuto nell'Università di Bologna, ed in particolare nel Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, un interlocutore privilegiato per la realizzazione di progetti di ricerca e di altre attività volte ad aumentare e diffondere le conoscenze scientifiche in questi settori.

Currently ongoing researches supported by Foundation are mostly directed to study the basic neurobiologic mechanisma of neurodegeneration in pathologies like Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, human transmissable encephalopaties ("prion diseases"), and rare  neurodegenerative diseases like the Leber's optic neuropathy . 

The support of the Foundation is acknoledged in various  scientific publications  in international journals.

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