University College Dublin

Oncology & Cancer

Promising findings towards targeted breast cancer therapy

New research led by Conway Fellow, Professor Joe Duffy and Professor John Crown in St Vincent's University Hospital has reported for the first time on a new treatment that could be used in the majority of patients with triple ...

Medical research

Good gut relationships key in defence against pathogens

Fighting infection in the gut relies on a dynamic relationship between the cells that line gut walls and microbiota – the hundreds of different bacteria that co-exist within the human body without causing harm.

Medical research

International study uncovers mechanism behind Joubert syndrome

The results of an international study published in Nature Cell Biology have identified a gene (TMEM107) associated with Joubert syndrome, and crucially uncovered the mechanism by which it functions in cells, leading to a ...

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