Posted by Office on Apr 27, 2020 in NEWS
Authors: Gordan Lauc, Alemka Markotic, Ivan Gornik and Dragan Primorac
Recent epidemiological data from several sources show that transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is more efficient in cold and dry cli-mate than in warm and humid locations [1,2]. Strong seasonal character of most respiratory viruses also suggests the important role of environment for viral trans-mission [3]. This is most often interpreted by seasonal in-door crowding and effects of temperature and humidity on stability of viral particles, but we suggest that this effect is by large a consequence of...
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Posted by Office on Mar 29, 2020 in NEWS
COVID-19 Disease: Myth and Reality – Dragan Primorac
At the time of writing this document (3/28/2020), according to data of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, there are 679,977 confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. So far, the total number of deaths is 31,734, while 145,625 people have fully recovered and are considered healthy. In Croatia, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 657, 5 died while 45 patients have fully recovered and were discharged from the health care institutions where they were treated and are now in-home isolation (1).
Having read the...
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Posted by Office on Jul 13, 2019 in NEWS
A physician, a scientist, a visionary leader, a sports enthusiast, an athlete… Being the organiser of one of the leading world conferences in the field of personalised medicine, forensic and anthropologic genetics, Professor Dragan Primorac, M.D., Ph.D., has been bringing to Croatia distinguished scientists, including Nobel Prize laureates, for many years. This summer, the world’s scientific elite gathered in Split.
DRAGAN PRIMORAC
EXCELLENCE IN ALL SEGMENTS
A physician − a paediatric medical doctor, a forensic expert, a geneticist. A scientist − the first Global Ambassador of...
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Posted by Office on Jun 14, 2019 in NEWS
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Andrej Plenković welcomed today in Banski dvori Paul Modrich, PhD, a Nobel Laureate for Chemistry in 2015.
In the delegation were: Dragan Primorac, PhD, President of the International Relations Committee of the American Academy for Forensic Sciences and President of the International Society of Applied Biological Sciences (ISABS), Minister of Health Milan Kujundzic, PhD and Special Advisor to Social Issues, Academician Zvonko Kusić.
Paul Modrich, PhD, was awarded with the Nobel Prize in 2015 for one of the most important discoveries in the...
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Posted by Office on Feb 23, 2019 in NEWS
Baltimore, 21 February 2019 – Based on a decision of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, one of the Academy’s most prestigious awards, the “Mary E. Cowan Outstanding Service Award,” was presented to Prof. Dragan Primorac, MD, PhD. In their explanation, the Academy’s Awards Committee stated that this year’s award was bestowed upon Prof. Primorac, MD, PhD, for his excellence, international renown and contribution to the development of forensic sciences.
Prof. Dragan Primorac, MD, PhD, is a physician, forensic scientist and geneticist who...
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Posted by Office on Feb 6, 2019 in NEWS
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Posted by Office on Jul 18, 2018 in NEWS
Before the beginning of 2018 World Cup, Prof. Primorac made a statement “I strongly believe that Luka Modrić who is one of soccer’s rarities would be a worthy winner of the World Footballer of the Year award that Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have had a decade-long stranglehold upon. Congratulation, dear Luka!
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Posted by Office on Jun 19, 2018 in NEWS
Zagreb, June 18, 2018. On the occasion of the Statehood Day, pursuant to Article 98, paragraph 1, sub-paragraph 5 of the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia and the provisions of Article 2, 3 and 16 of the Law on Awards and Recognitions of the Republic of Croatia, and upon the proposal of the State Commission for Awards and Recognitions of the Republic of Croatia, the President of the Republic of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović has presented Prof. Dragan Primorac, M.D., Ph.D. with the high State decoration of the Order of Ante Starčević for his extraordinary achievements in...
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