Category Archives: News

At TCD, Viewing protein folding helps scientists home in on neurodegenerative disease

Posted: 16th May 2017 Author: Vi Doan

A team of international researchers led by Professor in Physics at Trinity, Martin Hegner, an Investigator in CRANN, has for the first time observed how proteins fold while being produced in real time. The work has significant implications for understanding protein synthesis generally, and particularly in neurogenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The team’s findings have just […]

Single injection ‘could repair damaged hearts’ after world-first trial

Posted: 29th April 2017 Author: Vi Doan

A UCC professor has shown in a trial, the first of its kind in the world, that low dose insulin-like growth factor, injected into the heart to repair damage to the muscle, improves remodelling for heart attack patients. Professor Noel Caplice, Chair of Cardiovascular Sciences at UCC, and his cardiologist colleagues at Cork University Hospital […]

RCSI scientists discover gene that blocks spread of colon cancer

Posted: 28th April 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Researchers from RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) and the University of Nice, France, have discovered the function of a gene called KCNQ1 that is directly related to the survival of colon cancer patients. The gene produces pore-forming proteins in cell membranes, known as ion channels. The finding is an important breakthrough towards the […]

New Animations to Optimise Care of Lung Disease Patients to be Launched at Cork University Hospital

Posted: 14th April 2017 Author: Vi Doan

An innovative new series of locally developed patient education animations that will accompany chronic lung disease patients on their care journey from hospital to home was launched at Cork University Hospital today. The animations will help to optimise the management of patients with respiratory diseases like asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), lung cancer, Cystic […]

Medical Students Test their Clinical Skills at SimWars

Posted: 14th April 2017 Author: Vi Doan

The School of Medicine at University College Dublin hosted ‘SimWars’, a medical simulation competition for medical and nursing students in Ireland on 25th February. The event was organised by members of the Emergency Medicine Student Society of Ireland EMSSI and saw students work in teams of five to manage a number of simulated medical emergency scenarios […]

New Irish Centre for Vascular Biology to Seek Out Novel Treatments for Vascular Diseases

Posted: 14th April 2017 Author: Vi Doan

New Irish Centre for Vascular Biology to seek out novel treatments for vascular diseases such as thrombosis, stroke, haemophilia and cancer The Irish Centre for Vascular Biology was launched today at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland). The establishment of the new Irish Centre for Vascular Biology, based at RCSI, will be comprised […]

Trinity Scientists discover shared genetic origin for MND and schizophrenia

Posted: 29th March 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have shown for the first time that Motor Neurone Disease (MND) — also known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) — and schizophrenia have a shared genetic origin, indicating that the causes of these diverse conditions are biologically linked. The work has just been published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications. By analysing […]

TCD – New discovery to prevent infections spreading on medical devices

Posted: 20th March 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Microbiologists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered how to prevent bacteria from growing on medical devices such as hip replacements and heart valves that are implanted in the human body. Their discovery is a step towards developing new preventative strategies that could have a direct impact on the recovery of patients in the immediate aftermath of a surgical […]

RCSI discovery on children’s bone growth to advance development of bone healing therapies

Posted: 15th March 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Study opens new avenues for bone repair in adults with severe fractures and bone degeneration Irish scientists are developing an advanced technology to speed up bone repair in adults who have suffered severe fractures and bone degeneration. This follows the identification of a gene which explains why children’s stem cells form bone very quickly. Scientists […]

Next stop, Nobel Laureate Meeting, for UCC researcher

Posted: 2nd March 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Dr David McNulty, a postdoctoral researcher at UCC, is one of just three people from Ireland selected to participate in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau in June. Dr McNulty, a Postdoctoral Researcher in Dr Colm O’Dwyer’s Applied Nanoscience Group in UCC’s Department of Chemistry, described being one of only 400 young scientists from 76 […]

UCC researcher honoured for brain seizure predictions

Posted: 16th February 2017 Author: Vi Doan

A UCC researcher has won a prestigious international competition for his work in predicting seizures in the human brain through long-term EEG recordings. Dr Andriy Temko, a research fellow at the INFANT centre, was named as winner of the Kaggle challenge, and a $10,000 first prize. Together with data scientists from Ornon, France; Curitiba, Brazil; and […]

Almac Discovery and RCSI enter research collaboration

Posted: 15th February 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Almac Discovery and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and have announced a research collaboration aimed at understanding how to target therapy-resistant cancer tumors. To read the full article, please use following link: http://www.outsourcing-pharma.com/Preclinical-Research/Almac-Discovery-and-RCSI-enter-research-collaboration

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