CINBO is a non-profit organization that was established in 1987 under the Italian law.

It is a Consortium of 17 Italian Universities (Bologna, Catanzaro, Chieti,  Florence, Ferrara, Foggia, L’Aquila, Messina, Università "Campus Bio-medico" Rome, “La Sapienza” Rome, “Federico II” Naples, Palermo, Perugia, Polytechnic of Marche, Teramo,  Turin, Milan) whose mission is to study the bio-molecular characteristics of human cancer.

Particularly, CINBO is currently developing technological platforms (biochips) for early diagnosis and prognosis evaluation of gastrointestinal cancer as well prediction of sensitivity to anti-cancer drugs.