Health

Scientists have developed a new type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique to provide doctors with more reliable information about breast cancer.

Scientists have started testing the effectiveness of a novel mesothelioma treatment that uses the body’s immune system to fight cancer.

EU-funded researchers have developed nano-vehicles that can overcome the body’s immune response and biological barriers to deliver drugs to the target site.

The human ability to use a ‘tool’ (our brain), to build another tool to explain the workings of the first tool, is an evolutionary gift that distinguishes us from other animals. Powerful simulation engines like “The Virtual Brain” exemplify both this gift, as well as its unwrapping.

A crucial part of what gives the brain its power is its ability to learn from the interactions of the body under its control with the world. Neurorobotics research offers a unique opportunity to understand how this action-perception loop works, and to use this knowledge to build the next generation of robotic systems.

Definitions and understandings of consciousness have been hotly contested down the centuries, engaging philosophers and more recently neuroscientists. To make further sense of it all, the HBP models both the neurological ‘wood and the trees’ simultaneously.

As a European Flagship Programme, the Human Brain Project (HBP) embraces ICT advances and pools distributed neuroscience and neuromedicine resources and competences. This more unified view of the brain will benefit both people and technology.

Researchers have identified a novel approach to test the adverse impacts of man-made chemical mixtures. Their methodology will help improve the assessment and management of health risks.

There’s promising news for the overweight. A supplement based on lemon verbena and hibiscus extracts can help manage body weight and improve health.

Landmark study finds processed food causes overeating and weight gain.

Is healthy ageing possible for both rich and poor? To find out, EU-funded researchers studied the processes driving healthy ageing in a person’s lifespan.

Fast, accurate and affordable food safety testing is now possible. Thanks to a portable scanner, farmers, food manufacturers and retailers can now do their own tests in the field, eliminating costly and time-consuming lab tests.

A new study has shown that the placenta also plays a role in fetal penis development by producing a second hormone outside the testes.

Scientists prove that two drugs are better than one in the battle to treat people infected with both a potentially deadly parasitic disease and HIV.

Scientists have placed a device in the arm of a below-elbow amputee to connect an artificial hand to the nerves and muscles. This will provide tactile sensations and better control of movements.

Scientists have come one step closer to introducing a preventive vaccine against pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM) to the market.

In the battle against cancer, researchers have found two pathways that cells use to mend cancer-causing DNA damage.

An EU initiative has developed a hand-held scanner that can detect the early signs of cardiovascular diseases.

By identifying the most important genes for controlling immune cells, researchers may have opened the way to new treatments against tumours and infections.

Researchers with the EU-funded ExItALS project gain new insight on how Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) disease spreads so quickly – an important step towards being able to stop it.