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About Maria Afentakis BSc, MSc

 

THE SCIENTIST

 

Maria is a  genetic scientist in cancer diagnosis, with degrees in Biochemistry and Neuroscience from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London. She has worked in prestigious scientific institutes throughout her scientific career, including Kings College University, London School of Pharmacy, Imperial College and The Royal Marsden Hospital, and is currently working at Kings College hospital, London.

 

She has been an author in many scientific publications, including a first author paper, which is recognition for her scientific research.

Maria has taught many medical doctors and students scientific concepts in biology, physics and chemistry. She has supervised them, and helped them pass examinations and obtain MDs and PhDs.

 

She contributed to a variety of scientific research papers in breast cancer research while working at The Royal Marsden Hospital, which are listed below:

 

  1. Afentakis M, et al. ‘Immunohistochemical BAG1 expression improves the estimation of residual risk by IHC4 in postmenopausal patients treated with anastrazole or tamoxifen: a TransATAC study’. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2013.

  2. Arnedos M, et al. ‘Biomarker changes associated with the development of resistance to aromatase inhibitors (AIs) in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer’. Annals of Oncology, 2014.

  3. Garcia-Murillas I, et al. ‘Assessment of Molecular Relapse Detection in Early-Stage Breast Cancer’. JAMA Oncology, 2019.

  4. Haynes BP, et al. ‘Menstrual cycle associated changes in hormone-related gene expression in oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer’. NPJ Breast Cancer, 2019.

  5. Haynes BP, et al. ‘Molecular changes in premenopausal oestrogen receptor-positive primary breast cancer in Vietnamese women after oophorectomy’. NPJ Breast Cancer, 2017.

  6. Leal MF, et al. ‘Early Enrichment of ESR1 Mutations and the Impact on Gene Expression in Presurgical Primary Breast Cancer Treated with Aromatase Inhibitors’. Clin Cancer Research, 2019.

  7. López-Knowles E, et al. ‘Heterogeneity in global gene expression profiles between biopsy specimens taken peri-surgically from primary ER-positive breast carcinomas’. Breast Cancer Res, 2016.

 

THE SPIRITUALIST

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Maria is a gifted third-generation spiritual psychic, clairvoyant, intuitive reader, angelic reiki practitioner, animal reiki practitioner, crystal healer, channel, public speaker, teacher and author.

 

From a young age, Maria has been highly sensitive to energetic fields of places and people, and has been blessed with spiritual gifts to bridge the gap between science and spirituality, to educate others in gaining the scientific background to help them understand spirituality, and to bring them peace and balance in their everyday lives.

 

Maria is an angelic reiki master teacher and offers angelic reiki treatments and angelic reiki training to attune people to make them feel balanced and energised by connecting to the angelic realm. She is able to explain to them how their energetic aura and chakra system works, by explaining the biology and physics behind them. She provides workshops and runs FREE guided meditation classes on eventbrite and her Youtube Channel.

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Maria is always willing to provide expert opinion on topics relating to science and spirituality discussed in her book, answer any questions and provide advice and tips for publications.

 

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