Trinity College Dublin

Scientists report major breakthrough in age-related macular degeneration prevention

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that a part of the immune system called the inflammasome is involved in regulating the development of one of the most common forms of blindness, called Age-Related Macular ...

Ophthalmology created Apr 08, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breakthrough in understanding human immune response has potential for the development of new drug therapies

(Medical Xpress) -- A team of researchers at Trinity College Dublin’s School of Medicine has gained new insights into a protein in the human immune system that plays a key role in the protective response to infection ...

Immunology created Jul 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cellular metabolism arms T cells to battle viruses and tumours

(Medical Xpress)—New research demonstrates that the cellular metabolism of certain immune cells is closely linked to their function, which includes protecting against viral infections and the development of tumours.

Medical research created Dec 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research increases understanding of learning, memory

(Medical Xpress) -- New international research on how fruit flies learn to ignore a constant smell, which increases understanding of behavioural habituation, has been recently published in the leading international journal ...

Neuroscience created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Discovery of new vaccine approach for treatment of cancer

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, have developed a new vaccine to treat cancer at the pre-clinical level. The research team led by Professor Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental ...

Cancer created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New research on how the brain makes decisions

(Medical Xpress)—Neuroscience researchers at Trinity College Dublin have opened a new avenue for research on how the brain enables us to make decisions about our environment. By observing the gradual formation ...

Neuroscience created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

A major step forward in fighting superbugs

New research has identified a novel mechanism by which humans can defend themselves against the well known hospital superbug, Clostridium difficile.  The study provides us with critical information for ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research sheds light on important role of autophagy, or self-eating cells, in developing new anti-inflammatory therapies

Research just carried out in the Immunology Research Centre, led by Dr James Harris, based in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, shows that the process of autophagy  regulates the production ...

Medical research created Oct 24, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Understanding human transmembrane signalling

(Medical Xpress) -- New international collaborative research led by Stanford University, the University of Michigan and involving Trinity College Dublin recently published in Nature, increases our unders ...

Medical research created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists collaborate in discovery of new targets for the treatment of asthma

A collaboration between scientists in Trinity College Dublin and the United Kingdom has identified new processes that lead to the development of a novel cell implicated in allergies. The discovery has the potential for new ...

Immunology created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists discover new 'off switch' in immune response

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered a new 'off switch' in our immune response which could be boosted in diseases caused by over-activation of our immune system, or blocked to improve vaccines. The findings ...

Immunology created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New automated system to kill bacteria in hospital water systems and taps

A team of Trinity College Dublin researchers has developed a fully automated system that eradicates bacterial contamination in hospital water tanks, distribution systems and taps. This type of contamination ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New ways viruses affect human immune response discovered

(Medical Xpress) -- New ways that viruses manipulate the human immune response have been revealed in a research paper just published in Nature involving TCD scientists. Dr Orla Mulhern and Professor Andrew Bowie, School of Bio ...

Immunology created Aug 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover immune cells could protect against obesity

(Medical Xpress)—New research has found that a type of anti-tumour immune cell protects against obesity and the metabolic syndrome that leads to diabetes. Results showing that immune cells known to be protective against ...

Immunology created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How the bacterium that plays role in spread of MRSA colonises the human nose

A collaboration between researchers at the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and the Department of Microbiology at Trinity College Dublin has identified a mechanism by which the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0