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Making Smart Clothes for Improved Health

A team of EU-funded researchers has succeeded in embedding sensing devices directly into textiles to create garments that are not only comfortable and practical to wear, but also smart. The devices will help physicians keep an eye on their patients. Healthwear (Remote health monitoring with wearable non-invasive mobile system) was supported with EUR 990,000 by the EU's eTEN programme.

Commission calls on EU Member States to join forces against Alzheimer's disease

On 22 July the European Commission called on EU Member States to pool their resources and better coordinate research efforts to combat Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. The proposals adopted by the Commission follow a 2008 recommendation by the Council of the European Union to launch a joint programming initiative in this field in 2009.

The Virtual Human Healthcare Model

A revolution in healthcare treatment and diagnosis may be imminent with a pan-European personalised healthcare project, the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH), a Network of Excellence (NoE). Funded with EUR 72 million under the Information and communication technologies Theme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), the VPH aims to create an entire framework to deliver personalised patient computer models for the predictive healthcare of the future.

New website Launches 1.2 Million Project to Improve European Cancer Communications

An initiative to boost cancer prevention, treatment and care throughout Europe by improving communications within the cancer community kicks off yesterday (Monday 20 July) with the launch of a new website. The project will involve all those with an interest in cancer, from researchers and doctors to patients.

ONIX - New Online Portal for Cancer Researchers

The National Cancer Research Institute's free online cancer research portal, ONIX, has launched to the public today. ONIX (ONcology Information eXchange) enables scientists and clinicians to search through and access international research data held online - to improve the flow of cancer research information between individuals, institutions and organisations.

Wellcome Trust Funds SPRINT - Software Framework for Life Scientists

Gene analysis is becoming increasingly complex and can be greatly enhanced by exploiting the power of high-performance computing (HPC), but the software can be difficult for researchers to use. To allow greater access to the benefits of HPC, EPCC and the Division of Pathway Medicine at the University of Edinburgh developed a prototype framework called SPRINT, which allows biostatisticians to more easily exploit HPC systems.

Spanish Ministry of Health and Social Policy becomes a Member of IHTSDO

Spain, through the Ministry of Health and Social Policy, is now one in the group of countries that are part of International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO). Spain joins the global effort to develop, maintain and spread the use of a clinical terminology called SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms).

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Making Smart Clothes for Improved Health

Commission calls on EU Member States to join forces against Alzheimer's disease

The Virtual Human Healthcare Model

New website Launches 1.2 Million Project to Improve European Cancer Communications

ONIX - New Online Portal for Cancer Researchers

Wellcome Trust Funds SPRINT - Software Framework for Life Scientists

Spanish Ministry of Health and Social Policy becomes a Member of IHTSDO

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