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Gene therapy milestone study to treat haemophilia News
13.12.2011 Researchers at University College London (UCL) and at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis in the US have pioneered a gene therapy that could reduce the need for... -
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. -
Violent video games are bad for your brains, scientists say News
29.11.2011 After a week of playing violent video games men can lose the ability to control their emotions, a study of the effects of video game play on the brain has found. -
Astronauts stay fit in space via Irish technologies News
18.11.2011 How do you help astronauts deal with accelerated ageing and a lack of exercise in space? Well, these are the focus of two European Space Agency research contracts, worth... -
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... -
‘The world is now our lab,' IBM research director says News
27.10.2011 IBM made history yet again yesterday, as it heads into its second century of innovation. IBM chose Ireland - Dublin, specifically - for its new Research and Development Lab, a...Tags: Education, Health, Transport, Energy, Green Tech, Business , EU, Richard Bruton, IDA Ireland, IBM -
UCD awards honorary degree to former Siemens chairman News
21.10.2011 Former Siemens and Science Foundation Ireland chairman Brian Sweeney has been awarded an honorary Degree of Doctor of Science by UCD. -
Galway medical tech firm Crospon gets FDA clearance News
19.10.2011 Galway-headquartered Crospon has received FDA clearance for its EF-800 external channel endoscopic accessory. This is the latest output in the collaborative development... -
WhatClinic.com to create 10 Dublin jobs News
13.10.2011 Medical price comparision website WhatClinic.com will be hiring an extra 10 employees in its Dublin office, the company has announced. -
Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest News
11.10.2011 The co-founder and former CEO of consumer electronics giant Apple, Steve Jobs, died of respiratory arrest caused by a pancreatic tumour, according to a death certificate. -
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. -
Transatlantic joint venture to provide health and safety apps News
05.10.2011 Monaghan-based company Safety-Link Consulting has teamed up with US mobile apps specialist Canvas to provide safety apps, which allow for more efficient and cost-effective...Categories: Software & Web Development, R&D, Mobility, Jobs, Communications, Apps, Software Development -
NHS contracts Cork start-up Radisens Diagnostics News
20.09.2011 Cork-based medical diagnostics start-up Radisens Diagnostics has been contracted by the National Health Service (NHS) East of England to integrate a kidney test into its chronic... -
HP Ireland invests in employee health programme News
20.09.2011 HP Ireland is offering on-site breast examination and risk assessment to 4,500 of its employees and their families as part of its new global wellness initiative. -
CTEP launches data capture system for newly released drugs News
14.09.2011 A Dublin firm, Clinical Trial EndPoint (CTEP), has launched an electronic data capture system for observation studies, where patients’ experiences of newly released drugs are... -
New Tyndall nanosensor up to 1,000 times more sensitive News
12.09.2011 The development of a new nanosensor technology that can be up to 1,000 times more sensitive at detecting biological molecules that may indicate the early stages of certain... -
More than 300,000 people log onto mental health website News
16.08.2011 Turn2me.org, launched by brothers Oisin and Diarmuid Scollard after the death of their sibling Cormac, has received more than 300,000 unique visits since its launch in September... -
Boston Scientific to invest €26m in Irish facility News
08.08.2011 Medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific is to invest €26m in research and development at its facility in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, the company has announced. -
New mobile app to give people with autism a voice News
28.07.2011 Lisa Domican has created an app that aims to revolutionise how people with autism communicate with others based on the principle of picture exchange communication.Categories: Mobile, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps Zone, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Lincor donates €30k multimedia system to children’s hospital News
27.07.2011 Dublin technology company Lincor Solutions has donated an integrated clinical and multimedia entertainment system worth €30,000 to LauraLynn House at the Children’s Sunshine...