Dr. Elena Bresciani is a laboratory EP Technician and contract Professor of Pharmacology at the School of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. She received her degree in Biological Sciences in 1997 and her Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology in 2001 from the University of Milan. She published 40 papers in peer-reviewed international Journals and some chapters in books, and presented many research-based papers at national and international conferences. Her research activities are currently focused on characterizing: 1) the mechanisms involved in the GHS endocrine and extraendocrine activities; 2) the effects and the action mechanisms of the TLQP-21, a fragment of the neuropeptide VGF, involved in the control of energy metabolism; 3) the GHS mechanisms of action in vivo models of cachexia and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; 4) the effects of antiretrovirals drugs in human adipose tissue samples and their mechanisms of action in vitro model of lypodistrophy.