Stella Kyriakides, a cancer survivor and long-time campaigner, pledges wide strategy of new research and prevention to fight the disease

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The new Commission is pushing to defeat cancer by 2030. A smart approach to harnessing the potential of health data, alongside digital & medical technologies, will be crucial, experts say

The 70 experts will be responsible for designing the large-scale, objective-driven research projects, which are seen as central to reframing Europe’s approach to tackling ‘grand challenges’ including climate change, soil erosion, sustainable food production and marine and freshwater pollution

Citizens everywhere must be directly involved in formulating the moonshot missions in Horizon Europe, says European Commission special adviser. The way schoolchildren have pushed the climate emergency to the top of the political agenda shows the appetite for involvement is there  

The European Commission has announced the names of the people to lead the five research missions in Horizon Europe

Would-be candidates given more time to submit applications to join the five advisory boards which will shape the new research missions

A total of 75 successful applicants, divided equally among five themes, will be responsible for designing and managing the missions

There are hopes for a major shift in the way Brussels funds and organises research into the disease that kills one in four Europeans. But how should funds be targeted to have the biggest benefit?

At Council meeting, EU member states agree on the programme’s ‘fundamental aspects’, Commissioner says. But they are still debating the details