Benedetto Bruno is an Full Professor of hematology at the Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Turin, Italy, and Director of Hematology Unit at the A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Presidio Molinette, Turin, Italy. Following medical training at the University of Pavia, Italy, he worked as a resident in hematology at the University of Turin before taking up, in 1995, a fellowship at the Department of Transplantation Biology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA. He passed the United States Medical License Examination in 1996, then returned to Italy in 2000, when he received a doctorate in experimental hematology from the University of Genoa. With a particular interest in the role of autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplantation and cell therapies in the treatment of hematological disorders, he has received several awards, including the International Cancer Technology Transfer Award from the International Union Against Cancer, Geneva, Switzerland.