{"id":759,"date":"2026-04-29T17:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/?page_id=759"},"modified":"2026-10-21T16:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T14:45:23","slug":"chi-siamo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/en\/chi-siamo\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<main id='bde-main'><section class=\"bde-f-container-759-216 bde-f-container ribz-section ribz-section--hero\" aria-labelledby=\"cs-title\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-215 bde-f-container ribz-wrap ribz-wrap--hero\"><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-209 bde-f-text ribz-eyebrow ribz-eyebrow--light ribz-eyebrow--rule\">\nIstituto Rinaldi Fontani \u00b7 Florence\n<\/p><h1 class=\"bde-f-text-759-210 bde-f-text ribz-h1\" id=\"cs-title\">\nAbout us\n<\/h1><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-211 bde-f-text ribz-lead ribz-lead--hero\">\nBehind every Longevity Center in the network is the Istituto Rinaldi Fontani in Florence: more than thirty years of research, clinical activity and training in REAC Technology.\n<\/p><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-214 bde-f-container ribz-actions ribz-cs-actions\"><a class=\"bde-f-text-link-759-212 bde-f-text-link ribz-btn ribz-btn--aqua\" href=\"#storia\" target=\"_self\">\nOur story \u2193\n<\/a><a class=\"bde-f-text-link-759-213 bde-f-text-link ribz-btn ribz-btn--line\" href=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/video-istituzionale-irf.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-breakdance-popup-action=\"open\" data-breakdance-popup-reference=\"1560\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\">\nWatch the Institute video \u2197\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bde-f-container-759-234 bde-f-container ribz-section\" id=\"storia\" aria-labelledby=\"cs-storia-title\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-233 bde-f-container ribz-wrap ribz-split ribz-split--media\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-223 bde-f-container\"><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-217 bde-f-text ribz-eyebrow\">\nOur story\n<\/p><h2 class=\"bde-f-text-759-218 bde-f-text ribz-h2\" id=\"cs-storia-title\">\nSince 1987, one question\n<\/h2><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-222 bde-f-container ribz-stack\"><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-219 bde-f-text ribz-text ribz-text--ink\">\nThe founders\u2019 first clinical observations date back to 1987. In 1996 the Istituto Rinaldi Fontani was founded in Florence; today it is a point of reference for research, clinical practice and training in REAC Technology (Radio Electric Asymmetric Conveyer).\n<\/p><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-220 bde-f-text ribz-text ribz-text--ink\">\nThe starting point is a simple question: why, over time, can the body lose its ability to regulate itself and adapt? This question gave rise to the Inside Blue Zone project and its network of Longevity Centers.\n<\/p><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-221 bde-f-text ribz-text ribz-text--ink\">\nThe Institute\u2019s research has never been driven by commercial logic: a choice that has slowed down its spread, but has preserved its rigour.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-232 bde-f-container ribz-card ribz-card--surface ribz-cs-pub\"><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-224 bde-f-text ribz-kicker\">\nPublished research\n<\/p><h3 class=\"bde-f-text-759-225 bde-f-text ribz-h3 ribz-h3--md\">\nIn international scientific journals\n<\/h3><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-226 bde-f-text ribz-text\">\nThe Institute\u2019s studies are published in peer-reviewed international scientific journals and can be consulted on PubMed.\n<\/p><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-230 bde-f-container ribz-cs-journals\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-227 bde-f-image ribz-cs-journal\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/logo-life.webp\" alt=\"Life journal\" loading=\"lazy\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-228 bde-f-image ribz-cs-journal\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/logo-cells.webp\" alt=\"Cells journal\" loading=\"lazy\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-229 bde-f-image ribz-cs-journal\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Scientific-report.webp\" alt=\"Scientific Reports journal\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><a class=\"bde-f-text-link-759-231 bde-f-text-link ribz-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=rinaldi+fontani&amp;sort=date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\nPublications on PubMed \u2197\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bde-f-container-759-252 bde-f-container ribz-section ribz-section--alt\" aria-labelledby=\"cs-fondatori-title\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-251 bde-f-container ribz-wrap\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-237 bde-f-container ribz-intro\"><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-235 bde-f-text ribz-eyebrow\">\nThe founders\n<\/p><h2 class=\"bde-f-text-759-236 bde-f-text ribz-h2\" id=\"cs-fondatori-title\">\nA shared vision, two areas of expertise\n<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-250 bde-f-container ribz-grid-2 ribz-cs-people\"><article class=\"bde-f-container-759-243 bde-f-container ribz-card ribz-cs-person\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-238 bde-f-image ribz-cs-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/salvatore-rinaldi-irf.webp\" alt=\"Dr Salvatore Rinaldi\" loading=\"lazy\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-242 bde-f-container ribz-cs-person-body\"><h3 class=\"bde-f-text-759-239 bde-f-text ribz-h3 ribz-h3--lg\">\nDr Salvatore Rinaldi\n<\/h3><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-240 bde-f-text ribz-kicker ribz-kicker--muted\">\nCo-founder and Scientific Director\n<\/p><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-241 bde-f-text ribz-text\">\nA doctor and researcher, he has devoted his career to studying how the body responds and adapts to the stimuli of the environment. With Vania Fontani, he has developed and patented REAC Technology internationally.\n<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"bde-f-container-759-249 bde-f-container ribz-card ribz-cs-person\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-244 bde-f-image ribz-cs-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/vania-fontani-istituto-rinaldi-fontani-600-2.webp\" alt=\"Dr Vania Fontani\" loading=\"lazy\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-248 bde-f-container ribz-cs-person-body\"><h3 class=\"bde-f-text-759-245 bde-f-text ribz-h3 ribz-h3--lg\">\nDr Vania Fontani\n<\/h3><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-246 bde-f-text ribz-kicker ribz-kicker--muted\">\nCo-founder and Medical Director\n<\/p><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-247 bde-f-text ribz-text\">\nA doctor and researcher, she studies the body\u2019s bioelectrical activity with a focus on longevity medicine. With Salvatore Rinaldi she developed and patented REAC Technology. She is president of the Italian Society of Neuro-Psycho-Physical Optimisation (SONC).\n<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bde-f-container-759-291 bde-f-container ribz-section\" aria-labelledby=\"cs-rete-title\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-290 bde-f-container ribz-wrap\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-256 bde-f-container ribz-intro\"><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-253 bde-f-text ribz-eyebrow\">\nCollaborations\n<\/p><h2 class=\"bde-f-text-759-254 bde-f-text ribz-h2\" id=\"cs-rete-title\">\nAn international scientific network\n<\/h2><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-255 bde-f-text ribz-lead\">\nIn more than 30 years, the Institute has collaborated with universities, hospitals and research centres in Italy, Europe, Asia and Latin America.\n<\/p><\/div><ul class=\"bde-f-container-759-289 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logos\" aria-label=\"Institutions with which the Institute has collaborated\"><li class=\"bde-f-container-759-258 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-257 bde-f-image ribz-cs-logo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/UniBo-Universita-di-Bologna.webp\" alt=\"Universit\u00e0 di Bologna\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/li><li class=\"bde-f-container-759-260 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-259 bde-f-image ribz-cs-logo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Universidade-de-Sao-Paulo.webp\" alt=\"Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/li><li class=\"bde-f-container-759-262 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-261 bde-f-image ribz-cs-logo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Universita-degli-Studi-di-Chieti-G.-dAnnunzio.webp\" alt=\"Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Chieti G. d\u2019Annunzio\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/li><li class=\"bde-f-container-759-264 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-263 bde-f-image ribz-cs-logo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Universita-degli-Studi-di-San-Marino.webp\" alt=\"Universit\u00e0 degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/li><li class=\"bde-f-container-759-266 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-265 bde-f-image ribz-cs-logo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Universita-degli-studi-di-sassari.png\" alt=\"Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Sassari\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/li><li class=\"bde-f-container-759-268 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-267 bde-f-image ribz-cs-logo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dipartimento-Scienze-Vita-Universita-degli-Studi-di-Trieste.webp\" alt=\"Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Trieste, Department of Life Sciences\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/li><li class=\"bde-f-container-759-270 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-269 bde-f-image ribz-cs-logo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Consiglio_Nazionale_delle_Ricerche_logo_verticale-1.webp\" alt=\"National Research Council\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/li><li class=\"bde-f-container-759-272 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-271 bde-f-image ribz-cs-logo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IRET_logo_2023-grigio.webp\" alt=\"IRET\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/li><li class=\"bde-f-container-759-274 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-273 bde-f-image ribz-cs-logo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SISMeR-Societa-Italiana-Studi-di-Medicina-della-Riproduzione.webp\" alt=\"SISMeR\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/li><li class=\"bde-f-container-759-276 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-275 bde-f-image ribz-cs-logo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ludwing-Boltzmann-Institute.webp\" alt=\"Ludwig Boltzmann Institute\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/li><li class=\"bde-f-container-759-278 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-277 bde-f-image ribz-cs-logo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Fondazione-Regina-Sofia-Madrid-2.webp\" alt=\"Fundaci\u00f3n Reina Sof\u00eda, Madrid\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/li><li class=\"bde-f-container-759-280 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-279 bde-f-image ribz-cs-logo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Fudan-University-China.webp\" alt=\"Fudan University\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/li><li class=\"bde-f-container-759-282 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-281 bde-f-image ribz-cs-logo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FMABC.webp\" alt=\"FMABC\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/li><li class=\"bde-f-container-759-284 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-283 bde-f-image ribz-cs-logo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Fondazione-ABC-Brasile.webp\" alt=\"Funda\u00e7\u00e3o ABC\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/li><li class=\"bde-f-container-759-286 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-285 bde-f-image ribz-cs-logo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Anhembi-Morumbi-University-OK.webp\" alt=\"Universidade Anhembi Morumbi\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/li><li class=\"bde-f-container-759-288 bde-f-container ribz-cs-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-759-287 bde-f-image ribz-cs-logo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CEPHO-e1713350967155.webp\" alt=\"CEPHO\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bde-f-container-759-313 bde-f-container ribz-section ribz-section--hero\" aria-labelledby=\"cs-mission-title\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-312 bde-f-container ribz-wrap\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-294 bde-f-container ribz-intro\"><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-292 bde-f-text ribz-eyebrow ribz-eyebrow--light\">\nWhat we believe in\n<\/p><h2 class=\"bde-f-text-759-293 bde-f-text ribz-h2 ribz-h2--light\" id=\"cs-mission-title\">\nMission and vision\n<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-301 bde-f-container ribz-grid-2\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-297 bde-f-container ribz-card ribz-card--outline-dark\"><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-295 bde-f-text ribz-kicker ribz-kicker--light\">\nOur mission\n<\/p><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-296 bde-f-text ribz-text ribz-text--light ribz-cs-quote\">\nTo make serious, research-based, doctor-led longevity medicine accessible through a network of qualified Longevity Centers that follow people over time.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-300 bde-f-container ribz-card ribz-card--outline-dark\"><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-298 bde-f-text ribz-kicker ribz-kicker--light\">\nOur vision\n<\/p><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-299 bde-f-text ribz-text ribz-text--light ribz-cs-quote\">\nA future in which ageing well is a health goal within everyone\u2019s reach, not a privilege of the few.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-311 bde-f-container ribz-stats ribz-cs-stats\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-304 bde-f-container ribz-stat ribz-stat--dark\"><span class=\"bde-f-text-759-302 bde-f-text ribz-stat-value\">\n30+\n<\/span><span class=\"bde-f-text-759-303 bde-f-text ribz-stat-label\">\nyears of clinical and scientific research\n<\/span><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-307 bde-f-container ribz-stat ribz-stat--dark\"><span class=\"bde-f-text-759-305 bde-f-text ribz-stat-value\">\n4\n<\/span><span class=\"bde-f-text-759-306 bde-f-text ribz-stat-label\">\ninternational patents on REAC Technology\n<\/span><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-310 bde-f-container ribz-stat ribz-stat--dark\"><span class=\"bde-f-text-759-308 bde-f-text ribz-stat-value\">\n3\n<\/span><span class=\"bde-f-text-759-309 bde-f-text ribz-stat-label\">\ncontinents with academic and hospital collaborations\n<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bde-f-container-759-320 bde-f-container ribz-section\" aria-labelledby=\"cs-cta-title\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-319 bde-f-container ribz-wrap ribz-wrap--band\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-318 bde-f-container ribz-cta-band\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-759-316 bde-f-container ribz-cta-copy\"><h2 class=\"bde-f-text-759-314 bde-f-text ribz-h2 ribz-h2--sm\" id=\"cs-cta-title\">\nFind the nearest Longevity Center\n<\/h2><p class=\"bde-f-text-759-315 bde-f-text ribz-text\">\nThe network\u2019s doctors are trained by the Institute and follow the same Inside Blue Zone pathway.\n<\/p><\/div><a class=\"bde-f-text-link-759-317 bde-f-text-link ribz-btn ribz-btn--blue\" href=\"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/en\/longevity-center\/#trova-centro\" target=\"_self\">\nFind a centre \u2192\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/main>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Istituto Rinaldi Fontani \u00b7 Florence Who we are Behind every Longevity Center in the network is the Istituto Rinaldi Fontani in Florence: more than thirty years of research, clinical activity and training on REAC technology. Our story \u2193 Watch the institutional video \u2197 Our story From 1987 to today, a single question The first clinical observations of the founders [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1278,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-759","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1576,"href":"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759\/revisions\/1576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reaclongevity.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}