Category Archives: News

Team of Irish Medical Students Win European ‘Move Neurology’ Contest

Posted: 6th November 2017 Author: Vi Doan

By June Shannon University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin students won the inaugural competition A team of medical students from University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin were champions at recent inaugural ‘Move Neurology’ competition at the famous Pitiè-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris — the birthplace of modern day neurology. Prof Emmanuel Flamand-Roze, who […]

INFANT Centre Announces Collaboration with the HRB Mother & Baby Network

Posted: 1st November 2017 Author: Vi Doan

INFANT Centre announces collaboration with the HRB Mother & Baby Network to investigate the benefits of an additional diagnostic blood test to improve the outcomes of pregnant women with suspected pre-eclampsia. Investigating a point of care diagnostic tool to enable appropriate stratification of the antenatal management of women presenting with suspected pre-eclampsia. INFANT, a world […]

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 […]

Computer Program Developed in Cork Can Detect Seizures in Newborns

Posted: 10th October 2017 Author: Vi Doan

A computer program that can detect seizures in newborns has been developed by researchers at the Infant perinatal research centre in Cork. Tech companies have already expressed interest in the programme which has been tested cotside in a clinical trial involving more than 500 babies across eight European countries. Prof Geraldine Boylan, principal investigator in […]

Irish Scientists Discover Method to Produce Electricity from Tears

Posted: 4th October 2017 Author: Vi Doan

A team of scientists at University of Limerick has discovered that applying pressure to a protein found in egg whites and tears can generate electricity. The researchers from the Bernal Institute observed that crystals of lysozyme, a model protein that is abundant in egg whites of birds as well as in the tears, saliva and […]

€43m allocated by Science Foundation Ireland to support 96 researchers undertaking 26 major projects

Posted: 29th September 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Colm Gorey Science Foundation Ireland’s (SFI) Investigators Programme is set to make the lives of almost 100 researchers that bit better with the allocation of €43m in funding for projects over the next five years. Announced by Minister for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan, TD, this morning (21 September), the SFI Investigators […]

TCD scientists discover how ‘natural killer’ cells target cancer

Posted: 25th September 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Findings may explain why people with obesity have impaired capacity to fight disease Kevin O’Sullivan Scientists at Trinity College, Dublin have worked out how a biological engine that powers cancer-killing cells functions. Crucially, their research highlights how that engine is fuelled and confirms the presence of cholesterol-like molecules act as a “cut-off” switch, making […]

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 Researcher Awarded Research Council Grant for Ground-Breaking Research into Diabetes

Posted: 18th September 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Dr Cathal Kearney receives one of just two prestigious grants awarded this year to Irish institutions Dr Cathal Kearney from RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Department of Anatomy and the Science Foundation Ireland funded AMBER (Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research) centre has been awarded a €1.375 million European Research Council’s (ERC) Starter Grant […]

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