Velio Bocci.

[V. ZAITSEV]

Curriculum vitae
Velio Bocci since 1971 is Professor of General Physiology and since 1978 Director of the Institute at the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Siena, Italy. He was awarded the Medical Doctor degree at the University of Siena in 1954, the specialization in Respiratory Diseases and Clinical Hematology at the University of Rome (1958) and at the University of Florence (1975), respectively.
After a brief training in Surgery, he went back in 1956 to the Institute of General Physiology at the University of Siena where, with some intermissions, he has worked since then. In fact he got further training in Biophysics at the National Institute for Medical Research in London (1959-1961), in Biochemistry at the Maudsley Institute in London (1964-1965) with a Nato fellowship, in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Buffalo, US (1967-1969) with a Buswell Fellowship. He has spent also brief periods in Biochemistry at the University of Uppsala (1972) and in Neurochemistry at the University of Goettingen in 1976.
He is the author of about 305 publications and monographs mostly published in international, peer-reviewed journals including a book on Interferons (1993) and a book on oxygen-ozone therapy (2000). His fields of research include important subjects such as plasma protein separation, labelling and metabolism, neurochemistry of isolated neuronal cells, erythrocyte metabolism, pharmacology and physiological significance of interferons and, more recently, the induction of endogenous cytokines using ozone. Since 1991, he has contributed crucial research papers regarding the biologic effects of ozone aiming at making ozonetherapy a truly scientific endeavour.


Elenco Pubblicazioni:
1. Bocci, V. Has Ozonetherapy any future in the West? (Some critical comments).. Practice of Ozonetherapy 1: 4-9, 1996.
2. Bocci, V. Ozone: a mixed blessing. New mechanisms of the action of ozone on blood cells make ozonated major autohaemotherapy (MAH) a rational approach. Forsch. Komplementдrmed. 3: 25-33, 1996.
3. Bocci, V., E. Luzzi, F. Corradeschi, L. Paulesu, A. Di Stefano, S. Silvestri, and C. Aldinucci. Development of a biological response modifiers system based upon stimulation of blood with ozone ex vivo and reinfusion. 3rd Symposium on Biological Therapy of Cancer, Munich. April 19-22, 1995. Eur. J. Cancer 1996.(In Press)
4. Bocci, V. and F. Shallenberger. Treatment of AID syndrome with ozonated major autohaemotherapy (MAH). In:INSERM (Focus Serie) Proceedings book "HIV" and Cytokines", Reims 1995. Atti Congressuali 1996.(In Press)
5. Bocci, V. Autoemoterapia dopo ozonizzazione del sangue ex vivo. Un trattamento con molte potenzialitа ancora da esplorare.. Professione 1996.(In Press)
6. Bocci, V. Lettura magistrale: perche' l'ozonoterapia e' una pratica medica trascurata. Atti del VI Congresso della Societa' Italiana di Ossigeno-Ozonoterapia, Roma, 29 settembre/10 ottobre 1994. Acta Toxicol. Ther. XVII(2-3): 77-82, 1996.
7. Bocci, V. Does ozone therapy normalize the cellular redox balance?. Med. Hypotheses 46: 150-154, 1996.
8. Bocci, V. Terapia convenzionale o alternativa. Un dilemma da risolvere. Prolusione tenuta per l'inaugurazione del 755o a.a. dell'Universitа degli Studi di Siena. Annuario dell'Universita' degli Studi di Siena A.A.1995/96 1996.(In Press)
9. Bocci, V., S. Silvestri, F. Corradeschi, E. Luzzi, and C. Aldinucci. Verso una razionalizzazione della ozonoterapia. Atti del VI Congresso della Societa' Italiana di Ossigeno-Ozono Terapia, Roma, 29 settembre/10 ottobre 1994. Acta Toxicol. Ther. XVII(2-3): 185-199, 1996.
10. Bocci, V. Ozonetherapy has become of age in Russia. Practice of Ozonetherapy 1: 31996.
11. Borrelli, E., P. Giomarelli, A. Naldini, E. Luzzi, S. Silvestri, M. Gardinali, and V. Bocci. Plasma levels of immunosuppressive mediators during cardiopulmonary bypass. Mediat. Inflamm. 5: 51-55, 1996.
12. Diadori, A., A. Nuti, G. Ferrari, F. Corradeschi, and V. Bocci. Ozone therapy: a new perspective in ophthalmology. Montpellier, october 9/13, 1996. Vision Res. 36(suppl.): 4181996.(Abstract)
13. Flori, M. L., P. Rubegni, A. D,G., E. Stanghellini, L. Andreassi, E. Luzzi, and V. Bocci. L'ozono nel trattamento della psoriasi. Atti del VI Congresso della Societa' Italiana di Ossigeno-Ozono terapia, Roma, 29 settembre/10 ottobre 1994. Acta Toxicol. Ther. XVII(2-3): 137-146, 1996.
14. Pessina, G. P., C. Aldinucci, F. Corradeschi, and V. Bocci. Both interleukin-1 alpha and tumour necrosis factor-alpha released by alveolar macrophages are depressed after lipopolysaccharide challenge in chronic smoker rats. Med Sci Res 24: 457-459, 1996.
15. Aldinucci, C., G. P. Pessina, F. Corradeschi, and V. Bocci. The role of the smoke in the pharmacokinetic of cytokines assessed by the use of isolated and perfused rat lungs. Riunione congiunta monotematica sul metabolismo degli xenobiotici, Siena, 3-4 novembre 1995. Atti Congressuali 551995.(Abstract)
16. Bocci, V. Immunologische Aspekte - eine kritische Betrachtung aus italianischer Sicht -. In: Ozon - Handbuck. Grundlagen. Prдvention. Therapie, edited by Beck and Viebahn-Hдnsler. Landsberg: Ecomed, p. 1-16.1995,
17. Bocci, V. Effetti comportamentali degli interferoni. VI Congresso della Societa` Italiana di Neuroscienze, Milano, 25-28 Giugno 1995. Atti Congressuali 2401995.(Abstract)
18. Bocci, V. Ozonetherapy today. In: Proceedings Ozone in Medicine. 12th World Congress of the International Ozone Association, 15th to 18th May 1995, Lille, France, edited by International Ozone Association. Tours: Instaprint S.A., p. 13-28.1995,
19. Bocci, V. Ricerche di base sul meccanismo d'azione dell'ossigeno-ozonoterapia. Congresso Nazionale - Corso di Aggiornamento - "Progressi scientifici nelle tecniche mediche complementari", 16-17 giugno 1995, Padova.. Atti Congressuali 421995.(Abstract)
20. Bocci, V. Tutte le vocazioni dell'ozono. Il Giornale del Medico 4: 51995.
21. Buonocore, G., M. De Filippo, D. Gioia, E. Picciolini, E. Luzzi, V. Bocci, and R. Bracci. Maternal and neonatal plasma cytokine levels in relation to mode of delivery. Biol. Neonate 68: 104-110, 1995.
22. Naldini, A., F. Carraro, and V. Bocci. Effects of hypoxia on the antiproliferative activity of human interferons. J. Interferon Cytokine Res. 15: 137-142, 1995.
23. Pessina, G. P., L. Paulesu, F. Corradeschi, C. Aldinucci, E. Luzzi, and V. Bocci. Pulmonary catabolism of interferon- evaluated by lung perfusion of both normal and smoke-exposed rats. J. Interferon Cytokine Res. 15: 225-230, 1995.
24. Pessina, G. P., L. Paulesu, F. Corradeschi, E. Luzzi, C. Aldinucci, M. Tanzini, and V. Bocci. Pharmacokinetics and catabolism of tumor necrosis factor- in rat lungs. Immunopharmacology 29: 245-250, 1995.