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RCSI Wins Prestigious Tripartite €5.1 Million Award as Part of Global Project to Tackle Colorectal Cancer

Posted: 25th October 2017 Author: Vi Doan

RCSI has been successful in a €5.1m tripartite grant award to tackle colorectal cancer. The prestigious US-Ireland partnership award provides a unique opportunity to bring together leading researchers from GE Research in the US, RCSI and Queen’s University Belfast in an interdisciplinary programme of research to develop new approaches to diagnose and treat the deadly […]

‘Birthing’ Robot Among Education Tools at €80m RCSI Facility

Posted: 19th October 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Lucina lies in labour on a hospital bed screaming for an epidural even though she can feel no pain. She is Ireland’s only “birthing mannequin”, a €75,000 life-size robot bought to benefit surgical education at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). The robot, one of many hi-tech tools at the new college building in […]

Irish Scientists Identify Genetic Factor in Schizophrenia Diagnosis

Posted: 13th October 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Researchers from the Smurfit Institute of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin and the Department of Psychiatry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland have identified a genetic factor which contributes to the development of schizophrenia. In conjunction with scientists at Cardiff University, Stanford University, Stanley Medical Research Institute and Duke University, the Irish team established […]

Breakthrough Allows Identification of Resistance to Breast Cancer Treatment

Posted: 21st September 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Early detection development by Irish researchers enables different strategy to be put in place Kevin O’Sullivan Irish researchers have developed a way of identifying women with breast cancer who are likely to be “resistant” to some of the most common treatments for the disease. Their breakthrough comes with the potential to identify such patients […]

Device that could heal diabetic foot ulcers using DNA gets €1.3m funding

Posted: 19th September 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Those living with diabetic foot ulcers will be happy to hear that a new device aims to treat the ailment with DNA. The AMBER centre and Dr Cathal Kearney of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland have been awarded €1.3m to alleviate something that affects thousands of people in Ireland: diabetic foot ulcers. People […]

RCSI to Introduce Measures to Address Major Gender Imbalance Among Surgeons

Posted: 10th July 2017 Author: Vi Doan

RCSI is implementing a series of measures to encourage more women to become surgeons following the launch of a report today by Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD and RCSI President, Professor John Hyland highlighting a series of barriers to female entry into and progression in surgical careers. While more than 50% of medical […]

Academic-industry Collaboration Aims to Regenerate Damaged Nerves

Posted: 6th July 2017 Author: Vi Doan

A new collaboration between researchers at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), and Trinity College Dublin (TCD) as part of the AMBER, SFI funded materials science centre in conjunction with Integra LifeSciences, a world leader in medical technology, aims to develop, and bring to the market, a new product to facilitate the repair of […]

Ireland’s first Brain Tumour Biobank will lead to increased cancer research opportunities

Posted: 26th May 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Researchers from RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), with support from the Department of Neurosurgery and Neuropathology in Beaumont Hospital, have begun collecting samples from brain tumours for inclusion in Ireland’s first Brain Tumour Biobank. Professor Jochen Prehn, Professor of Physiology at RCSI, said “The launch of this Brain Tumour Biobank is a fantastic […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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