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NIBRT Launches CONCEPT – a Core Facility for Early-Stage Biotherapy Development

By Ryan Harmon
The National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) hosted the opening of CONCEPT, a pioneering core facility dedicated to fostering innovation, collaboration, and cutting-edge early-stage biotherapy research.    The opening, attended by a range of delegates from academia, industry and government including Dr Ruth Freeman, Director, Science for Society,
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RCSI Researchers Develop Material That Reduces Bacterial Infections and Speeds Up Bone Healing

By Ryan Harmon
Researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research Centre (AMBER) have developed a new surgical implant that has the potential to transform the treatment of complex bone infections. When implanted on an injured or infected bone, the material can not only speed up bone healing, it also reduces […]
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Ministers and CMO Advise Older People How to Reconnect with their Communities

By Ryan Harmon
The Minister for Health, Wellbeing and National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton, Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler, and the Chief Medical Officer Professor Breda Smyth are encouraging older people to reconnect with their communities to avoid loneliness and isolation. They are inviting people to say “Hello Again World”, supported by a multi-media
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RCSI to Revolutionise Medical 3D Bioprinting in €2.9m European Innovation Council Project

By Ryan Harmon
A project led by researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has received a total of €2.9m in funding from the European Innovation Council’s (EIC) Pathfinder programme to develop new materials and technologies for medical 3D bioprinting. The programme, which is highly competitive, provides support to research teams to research or develop an […]
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Marie Keating Foundation, Snapchat and Aleph Launch AR Mobile Screen Lens to Change How We See Lung Cancer

By Ryan Harmon
The Marie Keating Foundation has launched a groundbreaking new AR innovation ‘Filter Out Lung Cancer’ in partnership with Snapchat and Aleph, Snapchat’s certified official sales partner in Ireland, to help raise symptom awareness for Lung Cancer Awareness Month this November. In response to concerning statistics from newly commissioned research that revealed the