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Greek researcher solved the 4000 year old Egyptian mummy mystery

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[:el] Using ‘next generation’ DNA sequencing scientists, led by a Greek researcher, have found that the famous ‘Two Brothers’ mummies of the Manchester Museum have different fathers so are, in fact, half-brothers. The Two Brothers are the Museum’s oldest mummies and amongst the best-known human...
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Ancient DNA reveals origins of the Minoans and Mycenaeans

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[:el] The Minoan Civilization and its counterpart on the Greek Mainland, the Mycenaean Civilization, were Europe’s first literate societies and the cultural ancestors of later Classical Greece. However, the question of the origins of the Minoans and their relationship to the Mycenaeans has long puzzled...
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12 Greeks in the team that discovered new genes for height

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[:el] In the largest, deepest search to date, the international Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium has uncovered 83 new DNA changes that affect human height. These changes are uncommon or rare, but they have potent effects, with some of them adjusting height by...
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Unlocks secrets about the life of prehestoric animals

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[:el] Eleftheria Palkopoulou is a paleobiologist in the Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics of the Swedish Museum of Natural History and in the Zoology Department of Stockholm University. She is the leader of an international team that succeeded to decode the full DNA of the woolly...
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Develops vaccines for AIDS and cancer

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[:el] George Pavlakis is the Senior Investigator and the Head of Human Retrovirus Section at the National Cancer Institute in US. The Human Retrovirus Section designs, develops and tests vaccines and immunotherapies for AIDS and cancer. Dr. Pavlakis has focused his research on the biology and pathogenesis...
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Scientists discover genome responsible for the timing of the menopause

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[:el] Sections of DNA that control when women go through the menopause have been identified by scientists. Their report, in the journal Nature Genetics, identified genes involved in how the body repairs itself. Among the team are 3 Greek researchers , Antonis Antoniou and Kyriaki Michailidou of Cambridge University...
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Greek researcher deciphered the complete DNA code of two mammoths

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[:el] An international team, led by the Greek researcher Eleftheria Palkopoulou from the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, deciphered complete mammoth DNA code. Researchers deciphered the complete DNA code, or genomes, of two mammoths. The new genomes are far more refined than a...

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