Skin melanoma is the fifth most diagnosed cancer in both men and women. It is one of 15 most frequent causes of cancer death, in both sexes.
JRC has created an innovative, safe spray containing a solution of homemade explosives to train sniffer dogs and test if the electronic detection equipment is working properly.
EU researchers are using big data to understand the phenomenon of migration better and back the development of more coherent and effective integration programmes.
Your fingerprint is unique. To capture the uniqueness of your fingerprint even better JRC has developed a 3D touchless laser model that is even more secure.
The Joint Research Centre developed reference materials to ensure that coronavirus tests do not produce a false negative result for someone who is infected with COVID-19.
The European Cancer Information System collects cancer statistics from EU countries to improve prevention and care programmes.
Discover the spray, developed by the JRC and used by Belgian police to train specialist dogs at airports.
EU scientists are working to analyse and identify synthetic drugs, in a fight against a rapidly-growing market.
What key factors will shape European demographics over the coming decades?
About 30 million EU citizens are affected by more than 6000 different rare diseases and the information is spread between hundreds of registries at national and regional levels.
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