Gender and BMI could help avoid harmful side effects in Type 2 diabetes
Factoring in simple characteristics such as sex and BMI can help clinicians make a decision on the correct drug to prescribe and improve control...
Vaccines for animal and human health
Vaccines are understood to be one of the greatest breakthroughs in modern medicine. Here, Health Europa explores how vaccines have benefitted not only humans...
The potential of advanced therapy medicinal products in Europe
Together, the European Commission and the European Medicines Agency are working to bring game-changing advanced therapy medicinal products to the patients who need them.
So-called...
What sets Italy apart in cell and gene therapies?
Dr Luigi Naldini, the director of the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, outlines Italy’s enormous success in the field of cell and...
Property rights for digital assets: the Bitmark revolution
Bitmark is helping people to generate wealth out of the data they produce by recording property rights for digital assets, as Sean Moss-Pultz tells...
Celebrating EU-Israel research and innovation collaboration
Health Europa charts the enormous success of EU-Israel research and innovation collaboration since the association of Israel to the EU framework programmes in 1996.
2016...
New lamp developed which could treat chronic ulcers with light
Scientists from the University of Manchester and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, UK, have developed a lamp which could treat chronic ulcers with light...
Increased safety in treatment of urethra strictures, thanks to tissue engineering
Biotechnology saves patients from excision of large pieces of native oral mucosa transplants for the plastic reconstruction of morbidly constricted urethras.
About one percent of...
How is the EU tackling neurodegenerative diseases?
Health Europa investigates the work of the EU Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease Research, the largest global research initiative aimed at tackling the challenge...
Canada’s response to an ageing population: the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
The three principal investigators on the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, Drs Raina, Wolfson and Kirkland, discuss their approach to the design of Canada’s...
An overview of the Neurotech Investing and Partnering Conference
Health Europa shines a spotlight on the 13th annual Neurotech Investing and Partnering Conference, which took place in Boston, USA, in May.
The 21st Century...
Celebrating 40 years since the first test tube baby was born
Experts will gather to celebrate 40 years since the world’s first test tube baby conceived by IVF in Greater Manchester, UK, was born.
Louise Brown...
Seeing is believing: the need for in vivo imaging in cell therapies
Dr Mangala Srinivas, from the Multiscale Imaging Lab, discusses some of the challenges facing cell therapies and how they might be overcome.
Cell therapy’ –...
Highlights of the 2018 European Association of Urology Congress
Health Europa showcases some of the breakthrough research to have emerged from the 2018 European Association of Urology Congress.
The Netherlands-based European Association of Urology...
Cancer treatment could benefit from a major new discovery in DNA
Major positive implications for cancer treatment could be on the horizon as scientists have made a discovery about how cells repair broken strands of...
Evolution of regional anesthesia and postoperative pain relief
Dr Sermeus of the Department of Anesthesia, Antwerp University Hospital, explores the evolution of regional anesthesia and the impact of technology on its development.
Since...
The Blockchain in Healthcare Symposium Dubai 2018 overview
Blockchain technology is a revolutionary and evolutionary tool for the world of healthcare, the Blockchain in Healthcare Symposium Dubai will showcase the latest in...
Bar-Ilan University: a habitat for interdisciplinary science
Professor Shulamit Michaeli presents Bar-Ilan University, a Tel Aviv-based university boasting big ambitions, unparalleled achievements, and ever-increasing academic prowess.
Bar-Ilan University (BIU), located in the...
Neuroscience Trials Australia – leading the way in clinical trials
Why Australia is undoubtably the place to be for conducting clinical trials in the neuroscience space.
Neuroscience Trials Australia is an Australian-based, niche, not-for-profit contract...
Breaking tolerance: improving cancer immunotherapy
The group of Dr Maija Hollmén at Turku University, Finland, attempts to make cold tumours hot by targeting the tumour-supporting functions of innate immune...
