Home > Press > Multi-million-euro commitment to nanomedicine
Abstract:
The EU ERA-NET initiative EuroNanoMed will support eight transnational research projects with EUR 17 million based on the result of its first call for proposals, which was launched in May 2009 to promote collaborative and interdisciplinary research into nanomedicine - the application of nanotechnology to health.
Multi-million-euro commitment to nanomedicine
EU | Posted on November 26th, 2009
EuroNanoMed's first call for proposals focused on the three main subfields of nanomedicine: diagnostics, targeted delivery, and regenerative medicine. A second call will be launched in 2010. The two calls have a joint budget of between EUR 40 million and EUR 60 million; the allocation of funds for project proposals was based on scientific, technical, translational and/or commercial potential criteria.
'This is a unique commitment towards the creation of the European Research Area (ERA),' said Dr Pierre-Noel Lirsac, EuroNanoMed's coordinator. 'No other national or European tool has the same flexibility to support transnational RTD projects with the same efficiency.'
EuroNanoMed was set up to support research into nanomedicine through EU-wide research and development (R&D) projects. Its partners are from 18 countries and include public health institutions, universities and enterprise and industry. Its aim is to foster competitiveness by pushing forward innovative knowledge in the area through national and transnational research projects in the field of nanomedicine.
'The projects address very significant medical needs with high-quality science and technology and will develop an industrial vision for new and effective patient applications,' said Professor Frank Barry, chair of the international review panel for EuroNanoMed. He emphasised the high quality of the projects selected by EuroNanoMed, as well as their international competitiveness and innovative potential.
EuroNanoMed aims to bridge the gap between industry and academia in nanomedicine. By creating multidisciplinary research projects that bring together players from industry and academia, the initiative will improve continuity between research results and their application in industry for nanomedicine technologies.
Modern science and medicine have had great success in helping to eradicate many of the diseases that terrorised humanity for centuries including cholera, smallpox, diphtheria, typhoid and polio, but it is now fighting the other serious threats of our time such as Alzheimer's, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Nanomedicine will lead to a much deeper understanding of how the human body works at a molecular and nanometric level by using a range of nanotechniques such as electronic biosensors and molecular nanotechnologies to detect illnesses or changes in even a single cell of the body.
'It is encouraging that regenerative medicine, which was previously viewed as an emerging technology, is now competing with more mature areas,' said Associate Professor Karin Forsberg Nilsson, chair of the EuroNanoMed Network Steering Committee.
For more information, please visit:
EuroNanoMed: www.euronanomed.net/
####
About CORDIS
CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, is a free service provided by the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
It is dedicated to promoting participation in the EU research programmes and to facilitating the uptake of European research results by industry. The service contributes to achieve the strategic goal of the European Union to become the most competitive knowledge based economy in the world by 2010.
For more information, please click here
Copyright © CORDIS
If you have a comment, please
Contact us.
Issuers of news releases, not 7th Wave, Inc. or Nanotechnology Now, are solely responsible for the accuracy of the content.
Bookmark:
News and information
Pioneering breakthrough of chemical nanoengineering to design drugs controlled by light June 18th, 2013
Study Shows How the Nanog Protein Promotes Growth of Head and Neck Cancer June 18th, 2013
New Method to Synthesize Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles with High Catalytic Activity June 18th, 2013
Production of Polyaniline Biosensors Modified with Conductive Polymer Composites June 18th, 2013
Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy
3-D printing could lead to tiny medical implants, electronics, robots, more June 18th, 2013
Working backward: Computer-aided design of zeolite templates: Rice scientists apply drug-design lessons to production of industrial minerals June 17th, 2013
An Innovative material for the Green Earth: Simple and inexpensive process to make a material for CO2 adsorption June 17th, 2013
Discovery of new material state counterintuitive to laws of physics June 14th, 2013
Nanomedicine
3-D printing could lead to tiny medical implants, electronics, robots, more June 18th, 2013
Pioneering breakthrough of chemical nanoengineering to design drugs controlled by light June 18th, 2013
Study Shows How the Nanog Protein Promotes Growth of Head and Neck Cancer June 18th, 2013
Production of Polyaniline Biosensors Modified with Conductive Polymer Composites June 18th, 2013
Sensors
Imec presents 4K2K CMOS image sensor together with Panasonic: The co-developed imager sensor chip targets high speed, high resolution imaging applications such as next generation HDTV June 18th, 2013
Production of Polyaniline Biosensors Modified with Conductive Polymer Composites June 18th, 2013
Monell-led research identifies scent of melanoma: New research may lead to early non-invasive detection and diagnosis June 14th, 2013
Discovery of new material state counterintuitive to laws of physics June 14th, 2013
Announcements
Pioneering breakthrough of chemical nanoengineering to design drugs controlled by light June 18th, 2013
Study Shows How the Nanog Protein Promotes Growth of Head and Neck Cancer June 18th, 2013
New Method to Synthesize Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles with High Catalytic Activity June 18th, 2013
Production of Polyaniline Biosensors Modified with Conductive Polymer Composites June 18th, 2013
Nanobiotechnology
Iranian Scientists Produce Dynamometer for Nanoparticles, Biocells June 15th, 2013
Shape of nanoparticles points the way toward more targeted drugs: A collaboration of scientists at Sanford-Burnham and the University of California, Santa Barbara, finds that rod-shaped particles, rather than spherical particles, appear more effective at adhering to cells June 10th, 2013
Catching individual molecules in a million with optical antennas inside nano-boxes June 10th, 2013
Whispering light hears liquids talk: University of Illinois researchers build first-ever bridge between optomechanics and microfluidics June 7th, 2013
Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships
Imec presents 4K2K CMOS image sensor together with Panasonic: The co-developed imager sensor chip targets high speed, high resolution imaging applications such as next generation HDTV June 18th, 2013
European Technology Platform for Nanomedicine and Nanomed2020 European Consortium Launch the Nanomedicine Award June 17th, 2013
SEMATECH to Address Critical Supply Chain Challenges and Present Latest Technology Advances at SEMICON West 2013 June 17th, 2013
SEMATECH Names William R. Rozich Chairman of the Board June 13th, 2013