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Sports medicine programme set to continue
Plans to roll out successful pilot programme to more students
14 Oct 2016
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Ketamine trialled as new hope to prevent recurrent depression
Researchers from the Department of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin are trialling a potential new treatment option for people who suffer from repeated episodes of depression. The team are investigating whether the children’s anaesthetic ketamine, which has recently been shown to have antidepressant effects, could help people who recover from severe depression to remain well.
13 Oct 2016
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Intensely painful trigeminal neuralgia illuminated “from bench to bed”
World experts will discuss treatments as patients share their own experiences at a symposium dedicated to raising awareness about one of the most painful conditions known to science.
7 Oct 2016
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Global team to fight dementia begins pioneering training programme at Trinity
Amongst those beginning their studies at Trinity College Dublin this Autumn, a small and highly experienced team of individuals will begin specialist training to become the first of an international network of 'change agents' in the global fight against dementia.
6 Oct 2016
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Trinity salutes Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, Sir Fraser Stoddart
Honorary degree recipient from Trinity, Sir Stoddart, received the prize along with Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Bernard L Feringa for work in producing tiny molecular machines.
5 Oct 2016
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‘What has nature ever done for us? Global experts on natural capital explain…
Economists, accountants and environmentalists come together in Dublin this week to put nature at the heart of future political and economic decision-making.
4 Oct 2016
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SHARECITY team launches first global database on ICT-enabled food-sharing
Dublin has 42 ICT-enabled food-sharing enterprises while London leads the way globally with 198.
4 Oct 2016
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‘Trinity Access 21’ students aim to reduce voting age
Along with senators Lynn Ruane and Fintan Warfield, students aim to reduce voting age to 16
3 Oct 2016
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Does having mixed ancestry help protect you from motor neurone disease?
Could the key to unlocking the secret of motor neurone disease lie in the collaboration between two small island nations, Ireland and Cuba? Researchers from Trinity College Dublin are heading to Latin America to begin a major new research project which will examine whether the likelihood of developing motor neurone disease (MND/ALS) is reduced in people with mixed ancestral backgrounds.
3 Oct 2016
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Nobel Prize Winner William Campbell returns to his alma mater
Professor Campbell’s interest in parasitology first started in Trinity where he studied zoology.
30 Sep 2016