Breast cancer diagnosis has improved over the years, leading to an increasing number of surgical tumour resections in specific breast conservative surgery. An innovative probe for detecting breast cancer tissue during operation could improve retention of healthy tissue and improve local treatment outcome. As with most cancer operations, breast conserving surgery aims to completely remove […]
Imminent anti-metastatic vaccine for prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men with millions of new cases every year. European scientists have developed a novel vaccine to prevent disease metastasis, the main cause of mortality amongst advanced prostate cancer sufferers. The majority of prostate cancer patients are diagnosed at the localised, pre-metastatic stage of the disease. They […]
New technology is recognising affective states
Empathic machines and digital products may be just around the corner thanks to EU-funded project TAWNY. Today many smart products and services do not have empathy to understand humans and automatically adapt to the needs and preferences of users without explicit user interaction and feedback. The TAWNY project takes things a step further and introduce […]
European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency
Access to the official webpage and the social networks The Agency implements the European Innovation Council and manages other EU programmes focusing on SME support, innovation and the single market. The Agency is responsible for developing and implementing the European Innovation Council and manages other EU programmes in the fields of SME support, […]
European Research Executive Agency
The European Research Executive Agency is a funding body for research and innovation. It manages EU research grants. The REA is a funding body set up by the European Commission to manage EU programmes. The lifetime of an executive agency is limited and linked to the length of the programmes they manage. A more detailed legal framework for executive […]
European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Overview Role: To promote innovation in EU countries Director: Martin Kern Established in: 2008 Number of staff: 49 Location: Budapest (Hungary) The EIT helps businesses, educational and research bodies work together to create an environment conducive for innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe. What it does The EIT increases Europe’s capacity to innovate, compete with foreign […]