Articles
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Response to Covid-19 shows striking similarities with pandemics past
Be it quarantine or social distancing, responses to the current Covid-19 pandemic have not changed much since the pandemics of the past, speakers noted in the Behind the Headlines discussion Plagues and Pandemics which was livestreamed to over 7000 viewers on Thursday evening, March 26th 2020.
27 Mar 2020
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New study reveals why flu can be devastating for pregnant women
The pre-clinical study has overturned current scientific thinking on the reasons why flu infections affect pregnant women and their babies so severely, suggesting the virus does not stay in the lungs but spreads throughout the mother’s body.
22 Sep 2020
Research
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Increased access to mental health services vital for survivors of sexual violence
The research from Trinity and Maynooth University is the first to study the incidence and effects of sexual violence in Ireland, since the SAVI Report of 2002.
25 Nov 2020
Research
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Trinity HSE contact tracing centre helps combat COVID-19
Up to 4,000 people were contacted by the 60 volunteers operating the Contact Tracing Centre in Trinity. Thirty of these volunteers were staff from the Faculty of Health Sciences while others were from the Department of An Taoiseach and the HPRA.
8 Jul 2020
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Scientists rescue mini retinas from eye disease via new gene therapy approach
The scientists used a modified common virus to deliver a normal, functioning copy of a crucial gene into “mini retinas” that contained a defective version. The retinas subsequently showed signifcant improvement.
11 Jun 2020
Research