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Michael Chiklis, is a successful actor, director and television producer. He is perhaps best known for his role as LAPD Detective Vic Mackey on the successful TV series “The Shield” for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama...

Greek scientist behind the new drug for severe eczema

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[:el] Τhe results of two large clinical trials of a new drug offers hope to people with an uncontrolled, moderate-to-severe form of the disease, atopic dermatitis, which is a type of eczema. Behind the new drug is the Greek scientist, George D. Yancopoulos. The studies, lasting 16 weeks...

Greek researcher sheds light in the genome backround of multiple sclerosis

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[:el] The largest-ever genetic study of multiple sclerosis has revealed dozens of new genetic markers associated with the disease, according to a presentation to the American Society of Human Genetics by a Greek researcher. The findings, which are to be made available to researchers all...

Aiming at controlling robots with the mind

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[:el] Panagiotis Artemiadis is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Arizona State University Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, and Director of the Human-Oriented Robotics and Control (HORC) Lab. He was recently in the news for presenting his project that has to...

Melina Kanakaredes in the new tv series “Notorious”

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[:el] Melina Kanakaredes, best known from CSI: NY, will be back in a recurring role on ABC’s “Notorious”. The show is based on the real-life relationship between criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos and “Larry King Live” executive producer Wendy Walker. “Notorious” is not afraid to...

Professor in Molecular Genetics at Duke University

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[:el] Georgia Tomaras is a professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University Medical Center since 2015. The same year she became also a professor in Surgery and Immunology at the same university. She was included in the Thomson Reuters list with the Highly Cited...

7 Greeks among America’s wealthiest people for 2016

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[:el] The list with the richest people in United States was published by the magazine Forbes, known as Forbes 400. 7 Greek businessmen are included on this year’s list with their total fortune to reach 20.6 billion dollars. 1.Jim Davis The richest Greek of the list...

Famous Greeks

Manager of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in IBM

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[:el] Phaedon Avouris is an IBM Fellow and Manager of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. He is also one of the “bright minds” mentioned in the 2015 and 2016 Thomson Reuters’ list with the scientists that affect their field of expertise to a great extent. He was...

Leading in the research for hypertension and diabetes

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[:el] George Bakris is a professor of medicine and director of the ASH Comprehensive Hypertension Center at The University of Chicago Medicine. For more than three decades he has worked on the front lines of kidney disease, hypertension and diabetes research and he has made crucial...

Established the Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Lab in MIT

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