Autonomous drone technology has been used to deliver diabetes medication to a location off the west coast of Ireland. In an announcement Monday, the National University of Ireland (NUI) in Galway said the drone’s journey between Connemara Airport and Inis Mór, which is part of the Aran Islands, showed “the possibility of future deliveries of […]
Discovery could enable longer-lasting and better-functioning devices — including pacemakers, breast implants, biosensors, and drug delivery devices. Researchers from the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) at MIT; the National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway); and AMBER, the SFI Research Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research, recently announced a significant breakthrough […]
It is the general practitioner (GP) who is left to decide what to do when the bemused patient asks “Should I take the aspirin?” according to one specialist’s advice, or “Should I stop the aspirin?” as instructed by another. It harks back to the old conundrum posed by The Clash in 1981: “Should I stay […]
The foundation- which is named after the famous ‘Back to the Future’ actor who suffers from Parkinson’s – is awarding 300-thousand US Dollars to the university to develop an approach to brain repair for the disease. Parkinson’s is a condition that primarily affects a person’s ability to control movement and is caused by the death […]
The degeneration and death of brain cells that regulate movement is what affects the ability of a person with Parkinson’s to control movement. NEUROSCIENTISTS AT NUI Galway have made a breakthrough in regenerative medicine approaches to Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s is a condition that primarily affects a person’s ability to control movement leading to a progressive […]
The European Commission has awarded a €6 million project grant to a consortium led by Professor Martin Leahy of the Tissue Optics and Microcirculation Imaging (TOMI) group at NUI Galway to develop a novel imaging platform for regenerative medicine. This new project, ‘STARSTEM’ will allow researchers and eventually, hospital doctors, to detect and measure the […]
Bárbara Oliveira took first prize at NUI Galway’s third annual Threesis Competition which took place last week. The winner was judged on how well they conveyed and communicated their research to a general audience. A PhD student at NUI Galway, Bárbara’s presentation was on using microwave breast imaging to enable more accessible and affordable cancer […]
Neograft, a Boston based medical technology company has teamed up with CÚRAM, the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research in Medical Devices, to develop a novel manufacturing method for coronary bypass devices. Based at NUI Galway, CÚRAM has over 250 researchers engaged in current projects, both in collaboration with industry and on blue-sky research. Coronary […]
NUI Galway will host Ireland’s largest surgical conference, the 39th Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium, on 5-6 September 2014. Internationally renowned surgeon, Dr John Birkmeyer will deliver the Memorial Lecture entitled ‘Strategies for Improving the Quality of Surgical Care’. John Birkmeyer, MD is the George D. Zuidema Professor of Surgery and Director […]
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