ICMR & EU to Begin Joint Research Focused on Cancer and Neurodegenerative Diseases

The ICMR has invited applications from the Indian scientists affiliated with medical/health institutes in India for collaboration under the two specific programmes.

According to senior officials in the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), both the ICMR and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), Brussells have mutually agreed to enhance opportunities for coordinated activities in health research between European and Indian research teams, wherein it is intended to encourage scientists and health providers in India and EU to work towards the goal for the improvement of health of the people.

For collaborative research for the year 2010-11, the priority areas identified by the ICMR and the EU for research include creating clinical and molecular tools for experimental therapy of paediatric neurodegenerative disorders causing childhood dementia in Europe and India; and epidemiology and aetiology of infection-related cancers.