Medicine

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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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Potential new treatment to treat and stop progression of cystic fibrosis

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[:el] Researchers from the George Washington University (GW), the University of Perugia, and the University of Rome have discovered a potential new drug to treat and stop the progression of cystic fibrosis. Thymosin α1 (Tα1) is a novel therapeutic single molecule-based therapy that not only...
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Greek researcher to lead in the new NIH-Funded Center for Engineering Complex Tissues

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[:el] Bioengineers at Rice University, the University of Maryland and Wake Forest University have received a $6.25 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to establish the Center for Engineering Complex Tissues (CECT). The center, which will start April 15, will help move tissue engineering...
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Greek scientist behind the identification of risk factors for brain cancer

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[:el] A team of international researchers led by scientists at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have identified genetic markers for two subtypes of glioma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Among them was the Greek researcher Konstantinos Gousias. The teram has uncovered 13 new genetic markers...
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Pioneering research on lipid disorders

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[:el] Vassilis I. Zannis is a Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry and Director of Section of Molecular Genetics in the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute of Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Zannis’ major scientific contributions include the elucidation of the apoE polymorphism in humans, the cloning...
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One of the top scientists in Genome Sciences

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[:el]Georgios Stamatogiannopoulos was a professor of genetics and medicine at Washington University in Seattle, USA, and director of the Markey Molecular Medicine Center. He was internationally recognized as a leading scientist in the field of molecular genetics with more than 400 studies, a member of...
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Greek researchers’ discovery sparks new hope for Parkinson’s cure

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[:el] A team of Greek researchers has discovered a substance that successfully treated laboratory mice suffering from the equivalent of human Parkinson’s Disease, creating new hope of an eventual cure for humans. Their findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
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Greek researchers shed light in the human brain networks developing in adolescence

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[:el] Adolescence marks not only the period of physical maturation bridging childhood and adulthood, but also a crucial period for remodeling of the human brain. A Penn study, led by 2 Greek researchers, reveals new patterns of coordinated development in the outer layer of the...

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