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St James’s Hospital celebrates 40th anniversary of Ireland's first bone marrow transplant

Home to the National Adult Stem Cell Transplant Centre, over 3,750 stem cell and bone marrow transplants have taken place at the hospital since 1984

10 Jun 2024

Community|Health|Innovation|Research

Do exercise interventions work for people in homelessness and addiction?

Researchers say that people experiencing homelessness and addiction should not be excluded from lifestyle interventions as the benefits can be life-changing and wide reaching

5 Jun 2024

Health|Research|Society

Blood test to track immune response could be first step in developing better MS treatments

Dr Hugh Kearney, School of Medicine writes in The Conversation on his team's recently developed test and its potential clinical impacts for MS patients.

29 May 2024

Health|Research

Lessons Learned from Pharmacology: People & Opportunities are the Best Medicine

The inaugural lecture of Professor Lorraine O’Driscoll will take place on Thursday 30th May at 6pm in Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute.

27 May 2024

Health|Research

Trinity twelve secure funding for new healthcare, climate and tech research

The successful dozen will lead or co-lead a total of 11 STEM-related research projects via Science Foundation Ireland’s Frontiers for the Future programme, which is funded in collaboration with the Sustainability Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).

27 May 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

What's the story with your oral microbiome?

Gary Moran, Associate Professor at the School of Dental Science writes in The Conversation about the importance of the 700 known species of bacteria which live in our mouths - along with yeasts and viruses - and the role this community plays in four main diseases.

23 May 2024

Health|Research

Trinity spinout Altach secures €1.2 million investment to transform treatments for cartilage injuries

Founded in 2022 and originating from pioneering research at Trinity, Altach has developed a novel biomimetic scaffold made from Type II collagen.

23 May 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Extremely rare immune cells predict how well treatments work for recurrent hives

The School of Medicine study examines treatment for chronic spontaneous urticaria which has far reaching and profound impacts on people affected by the condition.

21 May 2024

Health|Research

New national strategy progresses the fight against tuberculosis

The government recently launched the Striving to End Tuberculosis – A Strategy for Ireland 2024 – 2030. The strategy progresses the fight against tuberculosis (TB) and outlines the priorities, objectives, actions and enablers needed to end TB in Ireland.

16 May 2024

Health|Research|Society

Experts explore planning and design principles for quality of life and resilience for older people in long-term residential care

The Health Research Board (HRB)-funded workshop is open to researchers, policy-makers, providers, design and healthcare professionals, and individuals interested in design and planning of residential long-term care settings in Ireland.

15 May 2024

Community|Health|Research