How CancerScan’s Technology Could Be Used in the Future
CancerScan is an ambitious European research initiative developing a new generation of smart pathology technology. At its core is a system designed to transform standard biopsy sli
Understanding Treatment Resistance: VHIR’s Role in CancerScan
The Clinical Challenge One of the greatest challenges in PDAC (Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma) treatment is that therapy selection currently relies on performance status assessme
CancerScan Digital Twin System receives EMA Breakthrough Device designation
The CancerScan Digital Twin System, a medical device being developed within the CancerScan Project, has received EMA Breakthrough Device designation through the EMA Breakthrough Me
Decoding cancer cell communication to improve pancreatic cancer treatment
Cancer cells do not act alone. Through complex communication networks and signalling pathways, tumour cells and their microenvironment coordinate adaptive responses that drive drug
The UNIBI Team and its Expertise for CancerScan
The UNIBI team participating in the CancerScan project is part of the Genome Data Science (GDS) group at Bielefeld University, Germany. Led by Prof. Alexander Schönhuth, the GDS g
About Cell-Cell-Communication Networks, Embeddings and Transformers
Tumour cells communicate through complex signalling patterns that evolve over time. Modern machine learning models using embeddings and attention mechanisms offer new ways to decod