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Constantine Stratakis spotted genetic cause of gigantism

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Researchers led by the Greek Dr. Constantine Stratakis, have honed in on the possible genetic cause of a rare condition called gigantism that causes excessive growth in children. The researchers believe the findings could lead to new treatments for gigantism. It might even help improve understanding...
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Scientists grow miniature stomachs from stem cells

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Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, among them the Greek researcher Yana Zavros, have used human stem cells to create for the first time functional, 3-D stomach tissue, little miniature versions of the organ in its earliest stages of development.The breakthrough is important because it will...
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Greek scientist participates in research opening the way for faster LED

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Duke University researchers, among them was Christos Argyropoulos, have made fluorescent molecules emit photons of light 1,000 times faster than normal, setting a speed record and making an important step toward realizing superfast light emitting diodes (LEDs) and quantum cryptography. This year’s Nobel Prize in...
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Breakthrough for the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer

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Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and other institutions have discovered a sign of the early development of pancreatic cancer, an upsurge in certain amino acids that occurs before the disease is diagnosed and symptoms appear. Among the research team is a greek...
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Aims to the development of autism diagnosis and treatment

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[:el] Theoharis Theoharides is the Director of the Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, as well as a Professor of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Internal Medicine and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. He is the founder and president of AutismFreeBrain...
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Three Greeks participated in research that reveals new genes linked to height

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Researchers discovered new genes that influence height. The largest genome-wide association study to date, involving more than 300 institutions and more than 250,000 subjects, roughly doubles the number of known gene regions influencing height to more than 400. The study, from the international Genetic Investigation...
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The hunter of genetic fossils

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[:el] Aris Katzourakis is a Biologist at Oxford University. As an evolutionary biologist and paleovirologist, the researcher of the Zoology Department of Oxford University, has been working during the last six years as a hunter of genetic fossils, as scientists studying areas of defunct human...
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One of the top neonatologists in Canada

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Apostolos Papageorgiou is the Chief of Pediatrics and Neonatology at the Jewish General Hospital, a level III perinatal centre full professor of pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology at McGill University. Dr. Papageorgiou was born in Volos and following his primary and secondary education, he relocated to...

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