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neuGRID, the European Online Diagnosis Tool for Alzheimer’s, Goes Global with outGRID and the ITU20 February 2012
"neuGRID, a cloud-computing infrastructure funded by the European Commission that stores and analyses a vast database of 3D brain scans, is now expanding globally to help find treatments for Alzheimer’s. This ground-breaking initiative will help develop a global online system to centralise and boost Alzheimer’s research initiatives."
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