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A 'rule of 3' to revive Greek science, research and innovation

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If research and technology are to become the driving force for turning Greece into a productive society, evidence-based governance, strategic restructuring of infrastructure and a substantial inflow of fresh human capital is urgently needed.

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Figure 1: Research and development budgets in 2011, by country.

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  1. the Department of Physiology, George Kollias is at the Academy of Athens, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, and the Biomedical Sciences Research Center 'Alexander Fleming', Athens, Greece.,

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  2. John D. Lambris is in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,

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Kollias, G., Lambris, J. A 'rule of 3' to revive Greek science, research and innovation. Nat Immunol 16, 1206–1208 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni.3322

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