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New treatments for cancer have a “Greek” tone

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At only 38 years old, he has published more than 60 scientific journal articles and co-founded three biotech companies that have raised more than $100 million in research funding. He is a Greek-Canadian scientist, Edward Chouchani, who is a professor at Harvard Medical School and...

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The Greek who fights against cancer

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Dr. Philippos Tsichlis is Professor of Hematology and Oncology and Director of the Institute of Molecular Oncology at the Tufts University Medical School in Boston, United States of America. It belongs to the pioneers who created and applied experimental models using retroviruses to identify and...

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The pioneer in cancer prevention

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Dr. Apostolia M. Tsimberidou is a Ph.D. at the Department of Cancer at the University of Texas at Houston and her promising, published research on individualized cancer therapies has stood out in the global medical community. Dr. Tsimberidou, a native of Volos, wanted to be...

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The scientist who fights cancer’s metastasis

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Dr. Antonarakis is an Associate Professor of Oncology and Urology at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, where he is a researcher in understanding the resilience of advanced, metastatic prostate cancer in new therapies. He studies genetic variants of the target of these...

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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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Greek researcher develops blood test to detect multiple early-stage cancers

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[:el] An international team led by a Greek researcher from Johns Hopkins University has developed a test that analyzes circulating DNA and proteins for the detection and possible localization of multiple early-stage cancer types. In a study published this week in Science, the researchers reported...

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Greek scientist selected as woman of the year in Netherlands for her research on cancer

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[:el] Maria Themeli, researcher at Amsterdam Cancer Center, is a forerunner in the development of cancer immunotherapy. She was selected as “Woman of the year” in Netherlands for her groundbreaking research. The VIVA400 is an initiative of VIVA. Each year, 400 leaders are nominated for their...

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[:el] Researchers at the Institut Curie in Paris now say that they have evidence of a coordinated attack on the basement membrane by cancer cells in situ and CAF cells in the extracellular matrix that begins long before the actual translocation of cancer cells. Using...

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Scientists develop blood test that spots tumor-derived DNA in people with early-stage cancers

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[:el] Johns Hopkins scientists, among them Dr Nickolas Papadopoulos, have developed a blood test that spots tumor-specific DNA and protein biomarkers for early-stage pancreatic cancer. The combined “liquid biopsy” identified the markers in the blood of 221 patients with the early-stage disease. Their results, published...

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A Greek researcher associates vitamin C with the treatment of blood cancers

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[:el] A recent study by the research team and associates of the Greek Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology of the Medical School of the University of New York, Iannis Aifantis, has shown beneficial properties of vitamin C that create hope for treating...

New treatments for cancer have a “Greek” tone

The Greek who fights against cancer

The pioneer in cancer prevention

The scientist who fights cancer’s metastasis

New research halts breast cancer spread

Greek researcher develops blood test to detect multiple early-stage cancers

Greek scientist selected as woman of the year in Netherlands for her research on cancer

Scientists develop blood test that spots tumor-derived DNA in people with early-stage cancers

A Greek researcher associates vitamin C with the treatment of blood cancers

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