Objective
Gastrointestinal (GI) malignancy imposes a significant impact on the Well-being of the European members with enormous economic burden. The World Health Organization reported 940,000 deaths of colorectal cancer in 2000; 870,000 from the stomach, and 410,000 of oesophageal origin. Ageing of the population means that death rate will continue to rise. A report of the IARC (France) is indicating insuffciant complaince to colorectal cancer prevention programs, due to lack of a simple, patient friendly diagnosis method.
The objectives of the NEMO project is to develop an advance cancer screening method friendly enough to significantly increase compliance, simplify the the diagnosis procedure and increase the sensitivity and specificity of early detection. The concept of the NEMO approach is to combine capsule endoscopy with nano-based molecular recognition that will highlights cancerous and precancerous lesions in the GI tract thus considerably increases the accuracy and ease of diagnosis. The system will merge two technological platforms: Nanotechnology for targeting and marking the infected organ and Capsule Endoscopy to detect the marked disorder. By fusion of imag with data of molecular analysis a new medical tool is formed.
A major task of the project is to develop liposome-based nanocontainers, labelled with targeting agents and filled with dyeing material. The administered nanocontainers will be tailored to react with the target and change the dye, thus marking the infected organ. Another task is to develop a capsule based on Narrow Band Imaging. This advanced capsule will provide both: visual images of the GI tract and detection of the dyeing material. Fussing the information together, a high sensitive cancer detection system will be developed.
The participants of this ambitious program are world leaders' research, industrial organizations and SMEs with proven history of turning innovative ideas into viable medical devices.'
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.
- social sciences sociology demography mortality
- humanities history and archaeology history
- engineering and technology nanotechnology
- medical and health sciences clinical medicine oncology colorectal cancer
You need to log in or register to use this function
We are sorry... an unexpected error occurred during execution.
You need to be authenticated. Your session might have expired.
Thank you for your feedback. You will soon receive an email to confirm the submission. If you have selected to be notified about the reporting status, you will also be contacted when the reporting status will change.
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
FP6-2005-LIFESCIHEALTH-6
See other projects for this call
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
258 YOQNEAM
Israel
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.