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Department of Gastroenterology at Hospital of Lithuanian University of Helath Sciences Kauno klinikos is starting an ambitious Horizon Europe project on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

International research team aims to advance risk prediction, early detection of disease progression, and personalised prevention in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to optimise patient outcomes.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are two common chronic inflammatory diseases (CIDs) that place a substantial strain on European healthcare systems. While significant research efforts have led to improvements in treatment, there remains a lack of risk prediction tools and preventive interventions for these diseases. The European research project PerPrev-CID (Personalised Disease Prediction and Prevention in Chronic Inflammatory Disorders) sets out to fill this gap by exploring new standards for early molecular diagnosis and novel assessment tools. Coordinated by the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) and Kiel University bringing together fifteen international partners from nine countries, the project will receive a total funding of 11 million Euros from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Framework Programme for Research and Innovation over the next five years. In addition, the Swiss government will contribute over 2.5 million Euros in funding for the Swiss Associate Partners.

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