Tagged: Cancer
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Irish firm inks deal with Spanish National Cancer Research Centre to develop cancer drugs News
05.06.2013 Irish drug development company Inflection Biosciences has entered into a licence agreement with the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) for the worldwide rights to...Tags: Enterprise Ireland, Cancer, -
Professor seeks cancer signals in the blood News
31.05.2013 Prof Lorraine O’Driscoll is looking for cancer-related molecular signals in the blood that could help predict how patients will respond to cancer treatment and to monitor their... -
SFI to pump €6.9m into 62 scientific research projects News
23.05.2013 The Irish Government, as part of its drive to commercialise applied research, has announced that Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) is to inject €6.9m into 62 research projects,... -
Using stem cells as stealth vehicles against cancer News
26.04.2013 Dr Róisín Dwyer is using adult stem cells to seek out and target tumours. Claire O’Connell found out more about how she is developing ‘stealth vehicles’ to deliver anti-cancer... -
Researchers at UL pioneer sensor technology to improve radiation therapy News
15.04.2013 A team of researchers from University of Limerick (UL) is pioneering a new type of sensor technology that uses using real-time monitoring, with the goal of ensuring more... -
TCD scientists claim breakthrough in testing the safety of nanomaterials News
11.04.2013 A team of researchers from Trinity College Dublin (TCD), including some from the nanoscience institute CRANN, is claiming to have come up with a new screening approach to test... -
HP rolls out cancer screening for all its Irish employees News
25.03.2013 For the first time in Ireland, computer giant HP is to offer free onsite male cancer (prostate and testicular) screening and risk assessments for all employees and their families. -
Detecting cancer’s biochemical ‘fingerprint’ for early diagnosis News
11.02.2013 Detecting cancer in its early stages could help to make treatment more effective. Claire O’Connell found out from Dr Fiona Lyng about Cervassist, an emerging technology that... -
MitaMed - ‘zapping’ tumours to improve drug uptake News
24.12.2012 Bringing a medical technology from idea to clinic is not without its challenges. But Dr Declan Soden of the Cork Cancer Research Centre, and founder of Cork-based MitaMed, is... -
IBM Ireland to team up with Paoli-Calmettes Institute in France on cancer research News
12.07.2012 IBM Research in Ireland is set to collaborate with the Paoli-Calmettes Institute in France on a project to find better ways for healthcare professionals to communicate cancer... -
One to Watch series: new cancer therapy start-up TriMod Therapeutics (video) News
13.08.2012 Last week we launched our One to Watch series whereby we interview promising Irish start-ups from the technology and scientific spaces that are starting to get noticed for their... -
Google reveals winners of its 2012 Science Fair in California News
25.07.2012 Google’s Mountain View, California, Googleplex was transformed into a science hub yesterday, as the search engine giant pooled together young scientists from around the globe to...Categories: Web, Software Development, Software, Science, Research, R&D, Mobile, Life Sciences, Internet, Intellectual Property, Enterprise, Education, Apps -
TCD scientists discover new vaccine to treat cancer at pre-clinical level News
20.12.2011 Scientists at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) say they have developed a new vaccine to treat cancer at the pre-clinical level. The research team led by Kingston Mills, professor of...Tags: Patent, Innovation, Ireland, Technology Transfer, SFI, Cancer, TCD, Science, Science Foundation Ireland -
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. -
Waterford’s EirGen Pharma partners with South African firm News
07.11.2011 EirGen Pharma, currently on an Enterprise Ireland trade mission to South Africa, has secured a significant partnership agreement with South African pharmaceuticals company... -
Irish pharmaceutical firm works on cancer-prevention drug News
03.11.2011 Irish pharmaceutical company Solvotrin Therapeutics is developing a range of Aspirin prodrugs that could be used in the fight against cancer, following study results published... -
Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs dead News
06.10.2011 BREAKING NEWS - Steve Jobs, the co-founder and former CEO of consumer electronics giant Apple, died yesterday. He was 56. -
Cancer breakthrough as zombie gene comes back from the dead News
24.08.2011 A 'zombie' gene, which was believed by scientists to be dead, has now proved to be alive, according to the results of the research carried out by DCU researcher, Dr. Anne... -
Govt invests €15m to fund 79 SFI research projects. News
24.08.2011 The Minister for Research and Innovation, Mr. Seán Sherlock T.D., today announced Government funding of €15 million to be provided over the next four years for 79 research...