Czech, US scientists to discuss progress on ICRC

Czech scientists and their American colleagues from Mayo Clinic are going to meet next week in the city of Brno to discuss the details of a planned international clinic research centre to be built in the city. They are going to assess the current state of the project and outline the forms of further cooperation on the two-billion-crown (96 million USD) project. Besides the US Mayo Clinic, other partners will take part in the project, among them the Brno-based Masaryk Institute of Oncology. The specialised international centre will focus on important projects of applied research, carry out advanced diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and neurological diseases as well as cancer, and offer high-quality education programmes to doctors and the public. The first part of the centre is scheduled to start operation in 2009.