Milan medical researchers have identified a protein that guides the process of repairing errors during DNA replication, creating new hope for future treatment of cancer and other illnesses stemming from genetic dysfunction.

 Amanda Knox says that she hopes the family of her murdered roommate will read her memoir.
Meredith Kercher's father "thinks that I am the killer of his daughter and this is painful," Knox said in an interview with People magazine shortly after the publication her book about her experiences.

 The 8th edition of the annual American Cancer Society’s “Taste of Hope” fundraiser in New York is again supported by Italy’s finest wines on May 2nd. Vinitaly International renews its commitment to the important cause of the American Cancer Society (ACS), whilst realizing one of New York’s top charity events this year at 82 Mercer (82, Mercer Street).

 With taquerías and other conspicuously non-Italian businesses proliferating in South Philadelphia's Italian Market, should the neighborhood be renamed for the sake of anthropological accuracy? The answer is the same whether you're a Sicilian or a Sinaloan: No.

 The head of pharmacology at Milan's state university says a weekend break-in by animal rights activists who freed about 100 laboratory animals has cost years of research and hundreds of thousands of euros (dollars) in damage.  

 President Giorgio Napolitano on Wednesday nominated Enrico Letta, the deputy head of the Democratic Party, as prime minister, tasked with forming a government to lead the country out of weeks of political impasse after inconclusive national elections.

 Claudio Giovannesi studied film directing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy’s national cinema school. After graduating, he sneaked onto the sets of Matteo Garrone, the director of "Gomorra," to see how he worked. Giovannesi believes in taking a documentary-type approach to his fiction projects. Through that he attempts to learn as much as possible about the real-life setting that he explores in his features. 

 Over 100 films are being screened during the Tribeca Film Festival in New York this week, and this is the one we’d vote for if we were jurors: The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts. The documentary goes behind the normally-private world of Gucci creative director Frida Giannini’s design process to show her involvement in directing everything, from selecting final looks for runway shows to auditioning models (watch the trailer above). “

 Always far flung, the Tribeca Film Festival reaches north and east this year, to MoMA PS1 in Queens, site of “Alberi,” an installation by the celebrated Italian artist and filmmaker Michelangelo Frammartino.

 The pause button was hit once more on Tuesday evening as Italians waited to hear who will be tapped to form a government following a round of swift talks between re-elected President Giorgio Napolitano and Italy's parties.