Breast Cancer

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New research halts breast cancer spread

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[:el] Researchers, among them two Greek scientists, have discovered that an amino acid called asparagine is essential for breast cancer spread, and by restricting it, cancer cells stopped invading other parts of the body in mice. The two Greek scientists participating are Evangelia Papachristou and George Poulogiannis....
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Pioneering work in breast cancer

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[:el] Irene Andrulis is a molecular geneticist at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute (SLRI) of Mount Sinai Hospital where she holds the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Chair in Molecular Medicine. She is a Professor in the Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics and in the...
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Discovered an innovative technique in the fight against breast cancer

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[:el] Christos Sotiriou, MD, PhD is a medical oncologist specialized in breast cancer and actively involved in the treatment of breast cancer patients. He is head of the Functional Genomics & Translational Research Unit at Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium. Dr. Sotiriou’s research focuses on...
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Greek scientist’s research for breast cancer opens up new treatments

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[:el] EPFL scientists, among them a Greek researcher, have developed an animal model for breast cancer that faithfully captures the disease. Tested on human breast tissue, this the most clinically realistic model of breast cancer to date. Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related...
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Member of an international team who fights against breast cancer

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[:el] Eleni Perrakis is a member of a large international collaboration between dozens of worldwide cancer research institutes. Their goal is the understanding of breast cancer genetics. They managed to understand how two gene variations, rs10816625 and rs13294895, are both parts of the chromosome 9....
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Greek scientists uncovered two new genetic risk factors

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An international collaboration between dozens of worldwide cancer research institutes has added to the ever-improving understanding of breast cancer genetics and personal profiling of the disease by unearthing two new genetic variants associated with a higher risk for the women carrying them. Among the team...

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