15.01.12 Europeans ready for 'active ageing', new survey says

To mark the start of the 2012 European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity of Generations, the Commission presented today a new Eurobarometer survey showing that 71% of Europeans are aware that Europe's population is getting...

09.01.12 News about India

Follow the European Business and Technology Centre's journey through our bi-monthly newsletter which gives the reader a snapshot of our activities over two months. The newsletter brings you up-to-date on some our key activities...

02.12.11 Proteins stopping HIV in its tracks?

Researchers in the United Kingdom have shed new light on how the body's proteins can fight the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1). The study, presented in journal Nature, was funded in part by the NIMBL ('Nuclease immune...

31.10.11 Trees and their role in filtering out pollution

Trees in London can give air quality a boost by filtering out pollution particulates, new British research shows. Presented in the November issue of the journal Landscape and Urban Planning, the study is an outcome of the BRIDGE...

27.10.11 New EU-funded project targeting specific forms of breast cancer well underway

A pan-European project that aims to investigate two specific difficult-to-treat subtypes of breast cancer is now well under way.

27.10.11 EU project probes effectiveness of healthy eating campaigns

European policymakers continue to promote and encourage healthy eating in EU Member States. But despite the hard effort, obesity continues to play havoc across the region, fuelling healthcare costs and triggering losses in...

26.10.11 Strawberries: good news for combating alcohol's effect on stomachs

A pan-European team of researchers has shown that eating strawberries can have a protecting effect on stomachs damaged by alcohol as they can help protect stomach mucous membranes.

The team, made up of researchers from Italy,...

21.10.11 German Medical Biotechnology Industry Immune to Global Economic Downturn

"The medical biotech industry, which consists of many small companies, not only caters to the German market but benefits from business abroad. Biopharmaceuticals, which make up more than 80% of the biotech industry, saw an 8...

16.09.11 Tallinn medical centre receives EUR 43.5 m loan from the EIB

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide EUR 43.5 m for extending and renovating the North Estonia Medical Centre, a key project which will improve access to cardiac, oncology and other advanced forms of treatment in the...

15.09.11 Five Member States give safeguarding biological information the green light

An EU-funded pan-European initiative to operate a sustainable infrastructure for managing and safeguarding biological information in Europe has been given the go-ahead by five European countries as well as the European...