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CD-MEDICS Project to Speed Up Diagnosis of Coeliac Disease

Designing a new tool to aid in the diagnosis and management of coeliac disease is the aim of the EU-funded CD-MEDICS (Coeliac disease management monitoring diagnosis using biosensors and integrated chip systems) project, which has just got underway.

Latest Internet Technology for the Replacement of Animal Experiments

Developed in close cooperation between Transinsight, Dresden, and the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, the knowledge-based semantic search engine www.Go3R.org is now available online. It enables information transparency for the prevention of animal testing.

Finnish National Plan for Implementing On-Line Health Care Services

The recently completed report is part of the SAINI project (interactive electronic services for citizens) coordinated by the Finnish Innovation Fund (Sitra) and involving the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela), the National Public Health Institute, the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, the Finnish Centre for Health Promotion (Tekry) and other operators, companies and financing institutions in health care and information and communications industries.

Smart Clothes: Textiles That Track Your Health

Garments that can measure a wearer's body temperature or trace their heart activity are just entering the market, but the European project BIOTEX weaves new functions into smart textiles. Miniaturised biosensors in a textile patch can now analyse body fluids, even a tiny drop of sweat, and provide a much better assessment of someone's health.

Practical Guide to EU Funding for Research, Development & Innovation

The EU supports research and innovation activities through a range of programmes, including the Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) and Structural Funds. Now the European Commission is developing a guide to help researchers select the right programme for their activities and even combine funds from different sources.

The Drug Check eTEN Project

The objective of the Drug Check project is to validate an on-line, pan-European service, which gathers, organises, stores, makes available and presents information and data covering pharmaceuticals and their interactions.

HeartCycle Project Sets Out to Create Innovative Telemonitoring Solutions

Clothes, bed sheets and home appliances could soon help heart patients to better deal with their condition. The new EU-funded HeartCycle project sets out to create innovative telemonitoring solutions. Launched on 1 March, it is one of the largest biomedical and healthcare research projects in the EU.

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CD-MEDICS Project to Speed Up Diagnosis of Coeliac Disease

Latest Internet Technology for the Replacement of Animal Experiments

Finnish National Plan for Implementing On-Line Health Care Services

Smart Clothes: Textiles That Track Your Health

Practical Guide to EU Funding for Research, Development & Innovation

The Drug Check eTEN Project

HeartCycle Project Sets Out to Create Innovative Telemonitoring Solutions

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