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titleKari Alitalo
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subtitleFinnish research professor (Academy of Finland), director of Translational Cancer Biology research program (AlitaloLab, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki) and director of Wihuri Research Institute (Helsinki)
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description<p class="article-desc">Kari Kustaa Alitalo (born 21 May 1952 in Kuopio) is a Finnish MD and a medical researcher. He is a foreign associated member of the National Academy of Sciences of the US. He became famous for his discoveries of several receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) and the first growth factor capable of inducing lymphangiogenesis: vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGF-C).</p>

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