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The health impact of food additives ERC

WebADDITIVES seeks to understand the relationships between food additives and health risk. A main data source is the NutriNet-Santé cohort, which is the world’s biggest …

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Curbing the cell stress response ERC

Web"The significance of our research lies in its clinical relevance to various health-related issues, such as cancer, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, and other …

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Frontier research supporting EU4Health ERC

WebHealth-related research has received significant support from the ERC through the funding of 2,281 projects under the H2020 framework programme, amounting to over €4.6 billion. …

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Helping the heart to heal itself ERC

WebHelping the heart to heal itself. 29 September 2023. Electrical impulses that occur naturally in the heart could one day be used to detect and repair irregular …

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ERC frontier research contribution to EU4Health

WebPublic health and healthcare 316 projects, € 618 million Other non-communicable diseases 280 projects, €550 million Infectious diseases 222 projects, €438 million Cancer 527 …

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Frontier research for Food 2030 ERC

WebPromoting sustainable food production and consumption is a critical challenge that is closely intertwined with our health and the well-being of our planet. This report offers an analysis …

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Paving the way to a healthier old age ERC

WebThe ERC-funded ERA project, which ran from 2011 to 2016, was designed to improve understanding of the effects of nutrients on health during ageing and the role of what is …

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Healthy lungs start from your toothbrush ERC

WebOral health could be a feasible target for intervention programs aimed at preventing respiratory conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, …

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Feeling legs again improves amputees’ health ERC

WebTwo volunteers are the first above-knee amputees in the world to feel their prosthetic foot and knee in real time. Their bionic prosthesis, developed by a European team of …

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Health: Learning from big data how life works ERC

WebInterview ERC grantee Natasa Przulj, Professor of Biomedical Data Science at UCL. The European Conference on Computational Biology took place from September …

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Nobel Prize winner: This epidemic has so far been a close shave for

WebSome COVID-19 patients have low oxygen levels without being aware of it. This ‘silent hypoxia’ puzzles clinicians. We talked about this with Sir Peter Ratcliffe, who …

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Understanding thinness to fight off obesity ERC

WebAccording to the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 1.9 billion adults were overweight in 2016. Of these, over 650 million were obese and therefore at a …

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Supporting emotional wellbeing of mums boosts health of newborns

WebThe tails of our DNA – telomeres – are the focus of many aging studies, as their length affects our health and longevity. A new study by ERC grantee Sonja Entringer shows …

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Diversity in research, research in diversity ERC

WebIn health research, we need to be wary of how demographic factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and geographic location can influence …

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Maria Leptin at Wired Health 2023 ERC

WebOn 22 March at 17:10 CET, ERC President Maria Leptin will participate remotely in the Wired Health 2023 event, taking place in Milan, Italy. The livestreamed one-to-one …

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ERC awards over €600 million to Europe's top researchers

WebThe European Research Council today announced the winners of its latest Consolidator Grant competition: 301 top scientists and scholars across Europe. Funding …

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Frontier research for biodiversity ERC

WebBiodiversity is essential for preserving the health and stability of ecosystems, fostering a delicate ecological balance that ensures nature's ability to provide essential …

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Statement by the ERC Scientific Council on the next EU framework

WebOf the 6,707 analysed ERC projects worth €13.3 billion, 34% are likely relevant for addressing health challenges. One in ten projects addressed topics linked to …

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ERC reveals mapping of its funded research ERC

WebThe mapping also found that a large share of the research – proposed by the researchers and supported by the ERC without thematic priorities – tackles key global …

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