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EU-funded researchers have devised a robust and ultra-fast method of generating random numbers that promises to revolutionise the speed and efficiency of computer simulations in applications ranging from particle physics to radiotherapy.

Join a major event on rare diseases in 2020: The RE(ACT) Congress and IRDiRC Conference, 11-14 March 2020, Meliá Berlin Hotel, Berlin.

Young and professional scientists, patients & patient representatives, and other rare diseases stakeholders are welcome to discuss latest cutting-edge research, innovation, and policy with the rare disease leaders.

The scientific program -inspired by IRDiRC principles, achievements, and activities foreseen in 2020- encompasses topics like diagnosis & artificial intelligence, molecular etiology, innovative clinical trials, patient engagement and drugs for all.

Blackswan Foundation and IRDiRC in collaboration with EJP RD organize this exceptional joint edition.

In this one-day event, HBP experts and leadership will present EBRAINS infrastructure, and demonstrate the capacities of the underlying HBP platforms.
They will present a range of opportunities for engagement of researchers in the project’s activities. These presentations will be coupled with talks by Dutch researchers, that may be interested in using HBP facilities in the near future. The event will be open for the wider research community.

14 February 2020 | Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Disposable nappies, or diapers, are a hygienic time-saver - but one with an environmental impact. An EU and industry-funded project has developed collection and recycling systems that turn used nappies and similar products into profitable new materials for more sustainable use.

The potential for new advances drawing on medical physics and biomedical engineering is vast. Cross-disciplinary expertise is needed to unlock it for the benefit of society and industry, say the partners in an EU-funded network that is helping 15 young researchers to hone the required skills.

An innovative Swedish SME will soon launch a life-saving test for one of the most lethal and hard-to-detect forms of cancer. Clinically validated in an EU-funded project, the test could revolutionise the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, providing early detection with unprecedented accuracy, boosting patient survival rates and enabling widespread screening of high-risk groups.

An EU-funded project is taking an innovative multi-disciplinary approach to improving our understanding of food choices. Knowledge gained will help policy-makers to 'nudge' people into eating more healthily, so reducing the incidence of food-intake disorders.

Are you likelier than others to develop type 2 diabetes? Lifestyle changes could dramatically reduce the risk, but you may need advice and support to make them. EU-funded researchers are trialling an affordable way for healthcare systems to make effective assistance available across entire populations - with a little help from patients' families.

An EU-funded project is integrating research resources and providing services to support access to specific mouse models for scientific investigation of the genetic foundations of human health and disease. The aim is to boost the translation of this knowledge into better treatments for patients.