University College Dublin

Health

Half of all mums-to-be gain 'too much' weight during pregnancy

(Medical Xpress)—Almost half (43%) of all pregnant women in Ireland exceed medical guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy, according to a new study. The findings published in the academic research journal Obesity also ...

Diabetes

First point of care blood test for heart disease in Malawi

A team of researchers from University College Dublin and Imperial College London have carried out a blood test for detecting early signs of heart disease for the first time in Malawi, Africa as part of a new research project ...

Genetics

Genetic insights to vesicoureteric reflux

UCD researchers in the National Centre for Medical Genetics have carried out a genome scan of 225 Irish families to locate causative mutations in vesicoureteric reflux. Their work, published recently in Molecular Genetics ...

Immunology

Targeting monocyte function to reverse atherosclerosis

(Medical Xpress)—The Belton group recently published findings describing a novel mechanism through which a dietary fatty acid alters monocyte function inducing regression of pre-established atherosclerosis.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Personalising treatment in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Researchers in UCD Conway Institute have identified a potential biomarker of rapidly progressive pulmonary fibrosis and pinpointed a defective molecular function as a potential therapeutic target.

Medical research

Hitting inflammation in the guts

Researchers in UCD Conway Institute and Systems Biology Ireland have identified a way that a new class of anti-inflammatory drugs may be used to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Medical research

Antibody engineering know-how

(Medical Xpress)—Antibodies are of enormous value to society as therapeutic and diagnostic agents. There are many scientists worldwide interested in producing their own novel engineered antibody based molecules as part ...

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