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Medical Gerontology celebrates 25 years of excellence

The celebratory occasion honoured the discipline’s history and achievements, and recognised outstanding contributions from undergraduate and postgraduate students.

18 Nov 2024

Community|Health|Research

€3M TechConnect project sets sights on transforming human-tech collaboration in the digital era

How emerging technologies like AI and robotics can be harnessed to enhance human work, rather than replace it, is the focus of the new €3M TechConnect research project led by Trinity Business School.

14 Nov 2024

Business|Health|Research|Society

Misinformation really does spread like a virus

How misinformation gets around can be effectively described using mathematical models designed to simulate the spread of pathogens, writes David Robert Grimes from the School of Medicine, and Sander Van Der Linden at University of Cambridge.

14 Nov 2024

Health|Research|Science|Society

Genetic legacy of Jomon hunter-gatherers linked to increased BMI in modern Japanese

New research exploring the roots of modern Japanese populations has linked the genetic signature of Jomon hunter-gatherers to a higher BMI, underlining that ancient human ancestors can leave a genetic legacy with impacts on health in modern day populations.

14 Nov 2024

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Tugann athruithe géineolaíochta nua a bhfuil nasc idir iad agus ailse uiríoch léargas nua ar an ngalar

Tá dream eolaithe tar éis lochtanna géine agus patrúin éabhlóide a mbíonn baint acu le hailse uiríoch a thabhairt chun suntais. Tugann toradh a gcuid saothair léargas domhain ar fhorbairt an ghalair agus ar straitéisí cóir leighis ina leith.

13 Nov 2024

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Genetic changes linked to testicular cancer offer fresh insights into the disease

Scientists have identified new gene faults and evolutionary patterns contributing to testicular cancer. Their findings offer profound insights into the development of the disease and into potential treatment strategies.

13 Nov 2024

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Top ten priorities for future research on reducing and stopping psychiatric meds

Study hopes to inform the research agenda and help future research to focus on the questions that are most important to key stakeholders.

11 Nov 2024

Health|Research

Minister Colm Burke launches Professor Catherine Comiskey’s book “Addiction Research and Evaluation”

A new book from Catherine Comiskey, Professor in Healthcare Modelling and Statistics at the School of Nursing and Midwifery bridges the gap between research and practice in the complex field of addiction.

7 Nov 2024

Health|Research

Scientists identify immune molecule that keeps metabolism in tune and on time

The discovery hints at why shift workers and others with irregular work, eating, or sleep patterns driven by the demands of modern life fall out of metabolic sync.

5 Nov 2024

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The case for broader accessibility to psychedelic therapies for mental disorders in Ireland

Dr John R. Kelly writes how easing regulatory constraints would facilitate the advance of the scientific evidence underpinning psychedelics and psychedelic therapy

28 Oct 2024

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