A research institute at a turning point

摘要

The San Raffaele del Monte Tabor Foundation in Milan, Italy, manages a multidisciplinary hospital and research institute, renowned as a center of excellence for biomedical research. Early in 2011, it was announced that the institute was in a precarious financial position, on the brink of bankruptcy. In October, a Milan government tribunal approved a restructuring plan that involves a financial takeover of the institute by the Vatican Bank and a private investor. The JCI recently spoke to Maria Grazia Roncarolo, the scientific director at San Raffaele, about this crisis and the institutes future. JCI . What makes the San Raffaele Scientific Institute different from other European research centers?.