Medicine

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Specialising in infectious diseases

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[:el] Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas is a Consultant in Infectious Diseases with an interest in Primary and Secondary immunodeficiencies and transplantation at Cambridge University Hospitals in Cambridge, UK. She is a board certified practitioner of infectious diseases and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine...
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Greek scientists discover new mechanism that suppresses appetite

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[:el] A hormone secreted by bone cells can suppress appetite, according to mouse studies conducted by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers. A Greek scientist led the research, Stavroula Kousteni with the help of her associate Ioanna Mosialou. The hormone, called lipocalin 2, turns on...
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Tries to find therapies for the blood diseases

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[:el] Eirini Papapetrou is an Associate Professor in the Division of Hematology & Oncologyand also in the division of the Department of Oncological Sciences in Mount Sinai. She is a member of Tisch Cancer Institute and Black Family Stem Cell Institute in the Mount Sinai School of...
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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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Studies mosquitos which transmit human pathogens

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[:el] George Dimopoulos is a Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. He leads his “The Dimopoulos Group” since 2003. He has worked on mosquito vector biology since 1991, and pioneered with several discoveries in mosquito-pathogen...
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Trump close to choosing Greek as head of the National Institutes of Health

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[:el] Could US president-elect Donald Trump be close to choosing a leader for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)? The Greek researcher, John Ioannidis is thought to be among the candidates according to Nature. According to American media the current NIH chief Francis Collins and...
Famous Greeks

Aiming at the cure for some of the world’s most challenging infectious diseases

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[:el] George Scangos is the chief executive officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Vir Biotechnology. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Agilent, Exelixis, and Decibel Therapeutics. Prior to this position, he was CEO at Biogen Idec, an American multinational biotechnology...
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Makes organic fresh frozen baby food in Alaska

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[:el] Zoi Maroudas-Tziolas is the founder and the CEO of the company Bambinos Baby Food which provides frozen food for babies. She makes organic fresh frozen meals for babies and toddlers, without additives, preservatives or GMOs. The foods are also kosher, and there are gluten-free...

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