Yet, Humanitas is titled as public Institute for Research and Health Care (IRCCS), which means it is a medical institution of relevant national interest, and committed to Italy's welfare.

As such, the hospital on the campus treats some 4,000 patients a day, and 50,000 per month, and "80 percent of them assisted through the public health system," Humanitas chairman Gianfelice Rocca said.

Research projects, and exchanges of students, researchers, and doctors were set up over the years with medical institutes and universities around the world, including in the U.S., UK, Sweden, Russia, Poland, India, and China.

Considering China more specifically, a medical training program was established between Humanitas and the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University in central China's Hubei province.

Ties with Chinese colleagues were intense, according to Mantovani. "I go there quite regularly: for instance, I went twice last month, and twice last year... I also gave a keynote lecture at the Chinese Society of Immunology," he said.

The physician said he was impressed by the progress made in China, and by Chinese young people.

"They flocked around me after my lecture, eager to talk and ask questions," Mantovani added.

"Last but not least, we have had the privilege of having outstanding Chinese postdoctors in our Lab here." (1 euro = 1.18 U.S. dollars)

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