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Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Rare Genetic Disorders from Family Snaps

Computer analysis of photographs could help doctors diagnose which condition a child with a rare genetic disorder has, say Oxford University researchers. The researchers, funded in part by the Medical Research Council (MRC), have come up with a computer programme that recognises facial features in photographs; looks for similarities with facial structures for various conditions, such as Down's syndrome, Angelman syndrome, or Progeria; and returns possible matches ranked by likelihood.

New Guidelines to Help EU Businesses Use the Cloud

Guidelines to help business users save money and get the most out of cloud computing services are being presented to the European Commission today. Cloud computing allows individuals, businesses and the public sector to store their data and carry out data processing in remote data centres, saving on average 10 - 20%.

Scientists Break the Genetic Code for Diabetes in Greenland

New Danish genetics research explains the high incidence of type 2 diabetes in the Greenlandic population. The ground-breaking findings have just been published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature. A spectacular piece of detective work has mapped a special gene variant among Greenlanders which plays a particularly important role in the development of type 2 diabetes.

Strokefinder Quickly Differentiates Bleeding Strokes from Clot-Induced Strokes

The results from the initial clinical studies involving the microwave helmet Strokefinder confirm the usefulness of microwaves for rapid and accurate diagnosis of stroke patients. This is shown in a scientific article being published on June 16. Strokefinder enables earlier diagnosis than current methods, which improves the possibility to counteract brain damage.

ICT Tool to Help Patients with Brain Trauma

Traumatic brain injuries affect 1.6 million people in the EU every year. 70,000 don't survive and a further 100,000 are left with a permanent disability. An EU-funded project - with partners in Finland, France, Lithuania and the UK - is collecting data from hundreds of patients who have suffered brain trauma and using it to build software which will improve diagnosis and predict the outcome of treatments.

EU Launches World's Largest Civilian Robotics Programme - 240,000 New Jobs Expected

The European Commission and 180 companies and research organisations (under the umbrella of euRobotics) have launched the world's largest civilian research and innovation programme in robotics. Covering manufacturing, agriculture, health, transport, civil security and households, the initiative - called SPARC - is the EU's industrial policy effort to strengthen Europe's position in the global robotics market (€60 billion a year by 2020).

'Virtual Human' Shows that Stiff Arteries can Explain the Cause of High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure is highly age-related and affects more than 1 billion people worldwide. But doctors can't fully explain the cause of 90 per cent of all cases. A computer model of a "virtual human" suggests that stiff arteries alone are enough to cause high blood pressure.

Research and Development News

Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Rare Genetic Disorders from Family Snaps

New Guidelines to Help EU Businesses Use the Cloud

Scientists Break the Genetic Code for Diabetes in Greenland

Strokefinder Quickly Differentiates Bleeding Strokes from Clot-Induced Strokes

ICT Tool to Help Patients with Brain Trauma

EU Launches World's Largest Civilian Robotics Programme - 240,000 New Jobs Expected

'Virtual Human' Shows that Stiff Arteries can Explain the Cause of High Blood Pressure

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