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European Collaborative Research to Develop Lab-on-Chip System for Cheap and Fast Cancer Diagnosis

Detection of circulating and disseminated tumor cells in blood is a promising methodology to diagnose cancer dissemination or to follow up cancer patients during therapy.

ENCITE - A Peek Into the Future of Novel MR Imaging Reporter Probes

The consortium of the project "European Network for Cell Imaging and Tracking Expertise" (ENCITE) has the ambitious mission to develop and test new MR and optical imaging methods and biomarkers to draw a more comprehensive picture of cell fate and the reaction of the immune system.

New OpenOffice.org Writer Extension Produces Braille

The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven) released an extension for OpenOffice.org Writer that enables users to save documents as Braille or to send them directly to a Braille embosser. "odt2braille" is a freeware extension for OpenOffice.org, a office suite that is freely available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux/Unix and Solaris.

EU Funded WOUNDMONITOR Helps Pinpoint Bacteria and Speed Up Healing

More than 4000 people die in the EU each year because of accidents caused by fire and many thousands more are hospitalised to receive treatment for burns. Thanks to EU-funded research, medical experts will be able to more quickly identify the harmful bacteria or fungus which may be lurking in the wounds of burn victims and causing an infection, speeding up the diagnostic and healing process by days.

EU Funded Clinical Workstation Will Help Accurately Detect Breast Cancer

Each year 350,000 new cases of breast cancer are detected in the European Union, but a lack of effective technology to assist in cases that are difficult to diagnose means some cases go undetected or are incorrectly diagnosed.

€90 Million Available for Research in Future Internet

The EU is investing in the future of the Internet to ensure it will be able to support increasing demands from citizens, businesses and governments. The European Commission made available €90 million under the Future Internet Public-Private Partnership.

Launch of the Access●City Award

The European Commission announces the launch of "Access●City Award", the first European Award for Accessible Cities. This annual award aims to highlight the European cities that are taking the most effective and innovative action to improve their accessibility for disabled citizens.

Research News

European Collaborative Research to Develop Lab-on-Chip System for Cheap and Fast Cancer Diagnosis

ENCITE - A Peek Into the Future of Novel MR Imaging Reporter Probes

New OpenOffice.org Writer Extension Produces Braille

EU Funded WOUNDMONITOR Helps Pinpoint Bacteria and Speed Up Healing

EU Funded Clinical Workstation Will Help Accurately Detect Breast Cancer

€90 Million Available for Research in Future Internet

Launch of the Access●City Award

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