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[PROJECT] ENS@T-CANCER - European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumours - Structuring clinical research on adrenal cancers in adults
ID: 259735
Start date: 2011-01-01, End date: 2016-06-30
Among patients with adrenal masses Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) and malignant pheochromocytomas (MPH) are found with a low incidence but very unfavorable prognosis. Due to this poor clinical outcome, concomitant hormone dysregulation and limited treatment options the two ca...
Programme: FP7-HEALTH
Record Number: 97662
Last updated on: 2017-05-29
[PROJECT] MOBI-KIDS - Risk of brain cancer from exposure to radiofrequency fields in childhood and adolescence
ID: 226873
Start date: 2009-03-01, End date: 2016-02-29
The rapid worldwide increase in mobile phone use in adolescents and, more recently, children has generated considerable interest in the possible health effects of exposure to radio frequency (RF) fields. The current project aims to assess the potential carcinogenic effects of...
Programme: FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Record Number: 89894
Last updated on: 2017-05-25
[PROJECT] ESPRIT - European stroke prevention in reversible ischaemia trial (ESPRIT)
ID: QLK6-CT-2002-02332
Start date: 2003-01-01, End date: 2006-12-31
Patients who have had a transient is haemic attack or no disabling is haemic stroke of arterial origin have an annual risk of 7 to 12 % for subsequent nonfatal stroke, nonfatal myocardial infarction or death (from all vascular causes) without treatment. The standard treatment ...
Programme: FP5-LIFE QUALITY
Record Number: 67818
Last updated on: 2005-04-12
[PROJECT] EURO-THYMAIDE - NOVEL APPROACHES TO PATHOGENESIS, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES BASED ON NEW INSIGHTS INTO THYMUS-DEPENDENT SELF-TOLERANCE
ID: 503410
Start date: 2004-01-01, End date: 2008-12-31
Autoimmune diseases are a significant burden for the quality of life and health care cost. Despite intense research efforts, the mechanisms underlying the development of autoimmune diseases are still largely obscure. This obvious ignorance explains why the current treatment of...
Programme: FP6-LIFESCIHEALTH
Record Number: 75307
Last updated on: 2009-08-24
[PROJECT] IMMUNOGRID - ImmunoGrid - The European virtual human immune system project
ID: 028069
Start date: 2006-02-01, End date: 2009-01-31
The ImmunoGrid is an implementation of virtual human immune system using grid technologies. It can simulate immune processes at natural scale and provides tools for applications in clinical immunology and the design of vaccines and immunotherapies. The developed set of tools w...
Programme: FP6-IST
Record Number: 79503
Last updated on: 2008-04-09
[PROJECT] EPI-HPV-UV-CA - Epidemiology of human papillomavirus (hpv) infection, ultraviolet (uv) radiation in relation to non-melanoma skin cancer
ID: QLK2-CT-2002-01179
Start date: 2002-09-01, End date: 2005-11-30
Non-melanoma skin cancers (squamous cell and basal cell carcinoma) are the most frequent malignant tumours of man. The etiology of skin cancer is still under debate. Recent reports demonstrated a high prevalence of human-papillomovirus (HPV)-DNA in non-melanoma skin cancers. T...
Programme: FP5-LIFE QUALITY
Record Number: 64525
Last updated on: 2005-12-09
[PROJECT] EU AND MICROFUNCTION - Functional assessment of interactions between the human gut microbiota and the host.
ID: QLK1-CT-2001-00135
Start date: 2002-01-01, End date: 2005-12-31
The aim is to identify the effects of dietary modulation of the human gastrointestinal to. The influence of live microbial feed supplements (robotics), dietary carbohydrates known to have a selective metabolism (robotics), and a combination of these two approaches (symbiotic) ...
Programme: FP5-LIFE QUALITY
Record Number: 64469
Last updated on: 2005-04-12
[PROJECT] WHOQOL-OLD - The measurement of quality of life in older adults and its relationship to healthyageing
ID: QLK6-CT-2000-00320
Start date: 2001-05-01, End date: 2004-04-30
The first main aim of the research will be to develop a reliable and valid measure of quality of life in older adults through the adaptation of the World Health Organization's so-called WHOQOL. The second main aim will be to include the Older Adults WHOQOL in a cross-cultural ...
Programme: FP5-LIFE QUALITY
Record Number: 58266
Last updated on: 2005-04-12
[PROJECT] EURAPS - Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type I - a rare disorder of childhood as a model for autoimmunity
ID: 5223
Start date: 2005-05-01, End date: 2008-04-30
Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type I (APS I), a rare genetic disorder of childhood, has proven to be an invaluable tool in understanding autoimmune reactions. APS I (OMIM 240300), also known as APECED (autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy), is a s...
Programme: FP6-LIFESCIHEALTH
Record Number: 75913
Last updated on: 2009-12-14
[PROJECT] MODHEP - Systems biology of liver cancer: an integrative genomic-epigenomic approach
ID: 259743
Start date: 2011-01-01, End date: 2016-06-30
Cancer is a complex disease involving multiple genetic and epigenetic events occurring, and influencing each other, over a long period of time. Understanding cancer, and ultimately developing effective targeted therapies, will therefore require that mutations and epigenetic a...
Programme: FP7-HEALTH
Record Number: 97663
Last updated on: 2017-05-26
List retrieved on: 2017-08-02
