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[:el] Statins could be used in the treatment of breast cancer after researchers found it may help prevent the disease returning. A new study from the Institute of Cancer Research, among the team a Greek researcher, has shown that breast cancers use cholesterol to produce a...

Investigates how plants resist diseases

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[:el] Panagiotis Sarris is a Molecular Biologist and Senior Lecturer of Plant Immunology and Microbiology in the University of Exeter. He investigates how plants resist disease and how resistance is overcome by pathogens. Using molecular biology, genetics, and biochemistry, Sarris studies the molecular basis of...

Has identified the first advance blood test for postnatal depression

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[:el] Dimitris Grammatopoulos is a Professor of Molecular Medicine in Warwick Medical School, a Consultant in Clinical Biochemistry in the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and holds the Chair of Molecular Medicine at both University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and Warwick...

Greece among world’s top 50 countries

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[:el] Telegraph newspaper published the 2015-16 Telegraph Travel Awards. More than 75,000 readers voted their favorite destinations. Greece ranked 29th among the world’s 50 best countries. Telegraph readers’ love affair with New Zealand continues. This is the fourth year in succession that they have voted it their favourite country for...

Unraveling the causes of Parkinson’s disease

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[:el] Dorothea Pinotsi is a post doc researcher in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biology in Cambridge University. Her research focuses on the development of new techniques that allow us to depict the biological nanostructures in real time, mostly regarding the neurodegeneration of the...

Greek researcher sheds light in Parkinson’s mechanism in the brain

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[:el] Researchers led by a Greek scientist, may be closer to unraveling the underlying causes of Parkinson’s disease, after identifying the point at which alpha-synuclein – a protein believed to play a key role in the condition – becomes toxic to the brain. First author...

Among the scientists who confirmed Einstein’s gravitational waves

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[:el] Mairi Sakellariadou is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at the King’s College in London and is one among the scientists in the team that made first direct detection of gravitational waves. The scientific team confirmed Einstein’s theory of general relativity and opened up a...

New study indicates that couple’s immune systems are remarkably similar

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The immune systems of people who live together seem to be remarkably similar according to a new research by a team of scientists, among them is a Greek researcher. The team is a collabotation of Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium and Cardiff University in UK. Everyone’s...

Greek researcher discovers new approach that helps with bone regeneration

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[:el] Researchers at Nottingham Trent University, among them a Greek researcher, have recently achieved a major step forward in improving the strength of 3D printed bone implants, which could help cancer patients or accident victims who have suffered significant bone loss recover faster than ever....

Global lingerie firm chose a Greek actress for its new campaign

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