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[:el]Scientists in Sweden, among them the Greek researcher, Eleni Stavrinidou, have developed an ‘electronic’ rose by implanting circuits inside the vascular system used to distribute water and nutrients in the plant. Researchers at Linkoping University in Sweden created analog and digital electronics circuits inside living...

Searching to discover new galaxies

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[:el] Dr. Leonidas Moustakas is a Research Scientist, astrophysicist, working in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA), being part of the “greek community” of four other scientists, Anezina Solomonidou, Antonis Bloom, Anastasios Petropoulos and Panagiotis Kourdis, that also work there. He is interested in fundamental questions...

Greek researcher hits cancer with heat-triggered ‘grenades’

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[:el] Scientists of the Nanomedicine Lab in Manchester led by the Greek researcher, Kostas Kostarelos, have designed microscopic “grenades” that can explode their cancer-killing payload in tumours. The team presented its findings at the National Cancer Research Institute conference. They plan to use liposomes – tiny...

Greek researchers created support system for the early diagnosis of malignant melanoma

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[:el]A team of Greek researchers from the Technological Educational Institution (TEI) of Athens developed a self-examination platform/application able to adjust in commercial smartphone or handheld devices for facilitating early stage detection of melanoma. Melanoma is considered the most serious and most commonly fatal form of skin cancer....

Greek astrophysicist awarded with the Hans Bethe Prize

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[:el] Northwestern University astrophysicist Vicky Kalogera won the 2016 Hans A. Bethe Prize from the American Physics Society (APS). The top-level astrophysics and nuclear physics prize recognizes outstanding work in theory, experiment or observation in the areas of astrophysics, nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics or closely related...

He has developed a surgical method to stop seizures

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[:el]Dr. Demitre Serletis is Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where he is developing an Epilepsy Surgery Program in conjunction with the Department of Neurology. He is also an accomplished scientist with an extensive number...

One of the most accomplished biomedical scientists in the world

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[:el]George D. Yancopoulos is the Founding Scientist, President and Chief Scientific Officer in Regeneron Laboratories. According to Forbes magazine, Yancopoulos’ exceptional research in Regeneron has made him a billionaire. He is the first research and development chief in the pharmaceutical industry to become a billionaire....

Found a way to reprogram tumour cells into benign cells

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[:el]Antonis Kourtidis, is a Greek biologist and researcher, who -under the guidance of professor Panos Anastasiadis of the Department for Cancer Biology at Mayo Clinic- tries to find new and effective ways to beat cancer. In this effort, they have demonstrated a method to reprogram...

A world expert doctor in 3D blood flow dynamics

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[:el] Michail Papafaklis is a leading doctor in invasive and non-invasive three-dimensional imaging of coronary arteries and in hemodynamics. He is a Research Affiliate at Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences in MIT Papafaklis was born in Athens, Greece and got his MD in the University of...

A Greek researcher in the US National Academy of Medicine

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