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Scientists develop exciting new option for targeted cancer therapy
Coating therapeutic payloads with a sugar molecule ensures they are not active in the body until coming into contact with cancer cells.
8 Dec 2016
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Irish tuberculosis expert warns against complacency to global epidemic
An Irish TB expert has warned that we are seeing an increasing number of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases in Ireland, which reflects the pattern seen in Europe, primarily because of the movement of people from countries of high tuberculosis (TB) prevalence. His warning comes as the Centre for Disease Control has today come out with new updated international guidelines on TB diagnosis after 17 years.
8 Dec 2016
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Gold Standard hat-trick for Trinity Sport
Trinity Sport awarded for its standards of excellence
7 Dec 2016
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Short films about ageing with an intellectual disability bring research to life
The research team from the intellectual disability supplement to the Irish Longitudinal study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA) has solved just that with the production of a series of short films featuring people with an intellectual disability, specifically designed for people with ID. The films depict research findings on the complex and unique health and social challenges facing Ireland’s population who are ageing with an intellectual disability through the lens of those who directly experience them.
6 Dec 2016
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Study finds new cardiovascular predictor of mortality in older people
When we stand up our heart rate speeds up then settles. The rate at which this happens in older people has been shown for the first time to predict mortality four years later according to new research from TILDA published in Circulation Research, a leading journal of the American Heart Association.
6 Dec 2016
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One Voice for Languages
One Voice for Languages (OVFL) welcomed over 130 participants to 'Live, love, learn languages: The changing faces of Ireland', an evening devoted to celebrating languages through addresses by OVFL patron Mairead McGuinness (MEP) and representatives from education, business and the public.
5 Dec 2016
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Trinity student is first Irish recipient of Schwarzman Scholarship
Lara Connaughton is the first Irish recipient of a Schwarzman Scholarship in Tsinghua University, Beijing. Lara specialised in Business and Economics in her final year and has just graduated with a first class honors degree.
5 Dec 2016
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Trinity excelling in competition for prestigious H2020 funds
Trinity’s researchers have secured well over €50 million in Horizon 2020 funding since 2014, leading the way in Ireland. Trinity sits 19th in the a 1,337-strong list of secondary and higher education establishments.
1 Dec 2016
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Sports club captains – a celebration
A new video celebrates the role and achievements of Trinity Sport's club captains
30 Nov 2016
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First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon visits Trinity College Dublin
Nicola Sturgeon was awarded a gold medal by student debating society, the Philosophical Society.
29 Nov 2016