Health

Tuberculosis is preventable and curable, and yet 9 900 000 people fell ill with the disease in 2020 and 1.5 million died. This episode is looking at what the EU is doing to curb the spread and improve our understanding of the nature of the illness.

From COVID to monkeypox, zoonotic viruses are a constant threat. But how do diseases jump between animals, and into humans? We asked our expert María José Ruiz-López.

The EU-funded "4.UNCAN.eu" project has issued a call for European cancer research experts to set a strategic agenda of research priorities in cancer.

Researchers are demonstrating how robotic technologies can help produce higher quality products more efficiently while also benefiting the environment and reducing farmers’ exposure to harmful chemicals.

Bones can be repaired and sometimes replaced with metal prostheses. So what’s stopping us reinforcing our skeletons? We asked expert Alisa Buchman.

A fifth clinical site helps further the EU-funded EUPHORIA project’s research on non-invasive monitoring of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

EU-backed researchers have used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to simultaneously track two different genes in two colours. The novel method could one day be used to monitor important processes deep in the body.

A new AI platform’s advanced musculoskeletal models could speed up the development of prosthetics and post-injury rehab.

A new study provides insight into why breast cancer cells resist chemotherapy when they spread to soft lung tissue. The findings open the way for new approaches to cancer treatment.

A new technique for getting medication past the hard-to-cross blood-brain barrier is opening new avenues for the treatment of central nervous system diseases.

Can we really build computers as energy efficient as the human brain? New research that has succeeded in combining a memory function and a calculation function in one component brings us a step closer to making this a reality.

Combining a variety of techniques, EU-backed researchers have found what a sodium-proton exchanger called NHA2 looks like and how it works. This discovery could lead to new drugs against high blood pressure and diabetes.

Many brain diseases are strongly associated with disorders that can’t be treated because drugs are lacking. A discovery involving a new class of molecules shows promise.

Armed with innovations in IT and training, an EU-backed project is better preparing Europe for future pandemics. Its new Advisory Board members, the Irish Defence Forces, are helping to further this goal with their expertise in major emergency management.

How can scientists accurately predict how different cancer cells will respond to various drugs? According to a new study, the answer lies not in the mutations of individual genes that drive the cancer, but in the “mutational signature” left on the entire cancer genome.

How has climate-related temperature variability affected global mortality? A recent study reports on the impact.

Aerosol particles in the air affect cloud cover more than cloud brightness, and that has a bigger cooling impact, according to recent research.

Have temperatures risen or dropped too much? It could increase your chances of heart disease and stroke, say researchers.

Two key innovations in the development of a bionic pancreas are “market ready”, bringing people with type 1 diabetes one step closer to automated blood sugar control.

Researchers have found a way to synthesise essential anticancer drug vinblastine, helping to increase availability for this difficult-to-produce, plant-derived medication.