Tagged: Medical & News
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Surgeons implant world's smallest artificial heart into toddler News
25.05.2012 A titanium pump weighing a mere 11 grams kept a 16-month-old boy alive for 13 days until he received a real heart transplant. -
Taoiseach announces 200 jobs for Galway from Merit Medical News
17.05.2012 Two hundred jobs will be created over the next five years at a €20m Merit Medical Systems facility in Galway, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD, announced this morning. -
Sony to cut 10,000 employees in ‘One Sony’ restructuring News
12.04.2012 Sony confirmed it would cut 10,000 staff globally as part of a major restructuring of its business to become more competitive.Categories: Science, Management, Life Sciences, IT Management, Hardware, Digital Business, Consumer TechTags: PlayStation Network, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PS3, Bravia, Medical, Mobile, Gaming, TV, Sony -
Irish healthcare and life sciences firms to net nearly €30m News
15.03.2012 Young and growing Irish healthcare and life sciences companies are to receive an investment of nearly €30m via a specialised American venture capital firm, Minister for Jobs,... -
Tech start-up of the week: RYPL News
11.03.2012 This week, our featured tech start-up is RYPL, a new med-tech venture that has relocated from California to Dublin, as it’s now engaged in the Startupbootcamp start-up...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Mobile, Life Sciences, Internet, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Engineer, Computers -
Scientists lead biomedical study into orthopaedic implants News
05.03.2012 Researchers at University of Limerick have been looking into orthopaedic implants and how to prolong their lifespan. They say their findings could have future applications to... -
Health website achieves 150,000 registered members News
05.03.2012 Health website Irishhealth.com has recorded the signing on of the site’s 150,000th registered member – that’s the equivalent of 5pc of the entire adult population of Ireland. -
CIT students compete in international medical engineering contest News
28.02.2012 A team of third-year Cork Institute of Technology students will compete at the 24th International Medical Engineering competition in London today. -
Ex-Apple execs strike digital deal with New York hospital News
17.02.2012 Digital hub technology company Lincor Solutions formed by ex-Apple executives is to install a touchscreen platform at St Mary’s Healthcare System in New York that will provide... -
30 new med tech jobs at Waterford firm Rigney Dolphin News
17.02.2012 Waterford company Rigney Dolphin is finalising a collaboration agreement with US Cleveland Clinic to provide patient management, patient outreach and telehealth across the US... -
Ireland reveals rich scientific history News
07.11.2011 Robert Boyle, Ernest Walton, William Rowan Hamilton, Ellen Hutchins and Cynthia Evelyn Longfield are some of the many scientists who shaped Irish history and marked the path...Tags: Science November, Scientists, Ireland, Chemistry, Medical, Astronomy, Physics, Engineering, Computer science, IT, Mathematics, -
GPBuddy.ie launches video tutorials for doctors News
07.02.2012 Ireland’s online directory of medical professionals GPBuddy.ie has now launched educational content for GPs with video tutorials from leading specialists in Irish medicine. -
Radisens Diagnostics to get investment for screening tool News
30.05.2011 Medical diagnostics start-up Radisens Diagnostics is to receive a €1.1m investment led by Kernel Capital, which will help it to continue its screening tool for diseases. -
New website reveals travel times to 24-hour emergency hospitals News
19.01.2012 Travel times to the nearest emergency hospital is a hot issue in Ireland right now, thanks to hospital closures, but a new website should be able to at least provide citizens... -
New probe to facilitate disease diagnostics and drug discovery News
16.01.2012 A flexible, non-contact microfluidic probe made from silicon that can help researchers and pathologists examine tissue samples is aiming to minimise patient discomfort and... -
5,000 digital healthcare jobs could be created in Ireland by 2020 News
15.12.2011 Some 5,000 new jobs could be created by 2020 if Ireland seizes the opportunity to establish an International Healthcare Services Centre, which would serve the global healthcare...Tags: Medical, Healthcare, IFSC, Fibre, Cloud, Data centres, Job Creation, IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, HP, IBM, Intel, Supply Chain Management, Philips, -
DIT engineering lecturer earns national research prize News
01.12.2011 Colm O’Kane, a lecturer in the School of Manufacturing and Design Engineering and a member of the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)’s Biomedical Devices and Assistive... -
Irish Cancer Society invests €3.1m in research News
29.11.2011 Cancer research has received a €3.1m boost from the Irish Cancer Society, which has awarded the funds to eight Irish Cancer Society research scholars. -
Irish and US researchers to improve delirium detection News
28.11.2011 Medical researchers from University of Limerick in Ireland and the state of Indiana in the US are on a mission to improve how delirium is detected via computer diagnostics. If...Categories: Science, Life Sciences, Investments, Graduate, Government, Education, Consultant, Computers, Bio Tech -
Andor Technology to create 166 jobs News
25.11.2011 A Ł18m investment is leading Andor Technology to create 166 new jobs that focus on innovation.