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New discovery has important implications for treating common eye disease

Scientists from Trinity have discovered that the molecule TLR2, which recognises chemical patterns associated with infection in the body, also seems to play an important role in the development of retinal degeneration.

20 Feb 2020

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Third Year of Provost’s Innovation Challenge @ Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace

Trinity is once calling students to action; encouraging them to be independent thinkers who will make a real world impact through the ‘Provost’s Innovation Challenge @ Tangent’.

22 Oct 2020

International Sustainable Campus Network grant will help Trinity shine a light on Irish biodiversity

Researchers will create a new series of documentaries on the biodiversity of Trinity’s campus, bringing the public closer to the newly established wildflower meadows.

20 Nov 2020

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Large variations in vitamin D levels depending on Dublin postcode

In one of the largest studies ever carried out in Europe, researchers at MISA have found that vitamin D deficiency is widespread across Dublin and surrounding areas. The research is published in the journal 'Nutrients'.

9 Sep 2020

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Interim report released: Unification Referendums on island of Ireland

Referendums on the future of the island of Ireland should only be held with a clear plan for what follows, the interim report from the Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland has found. There were three Trinity members of the Working Group: Oran Doyle, Dr Etain Tannam and Dr David Kenny

26 Nov 2020