Antonio Giordano holding a pipette, surrounded by tomatoes in a lab
Antonio Giordano, founder and director of the Sbarro Health Research Organization at Temple, led the research that identified two varieties of whole tomato extract that inhibit the growth of gastric cancer cells.
Ryan S. Brandenberg

For his latest research discovery—which showed that certain tomato extracts can slow the growth of gastric cancer—Antonio Giordano's muse was simple: the food back home.