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New report highlights challenges of ageing with an intellectual disability
Increased rates of important health screenings and access to GPs amongst people with an intellectual disability have been highlighted in a new report launched this week by the Intellectual Disability Supplement to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA)
5 Dec 2017
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Dealing with disclosure – how to tell someone you have epilepsy
Researchers from the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Trinity College Dublin have been working with people with epilepsy in Ireland to identify the common strategies that are used in the process of telling others about their epilepsy.
4 Dec 2017
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Economic impact of the League of European Research Universities
In 2016, the 23 member universities of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) generated a collective economic value of €99.8 billion in Gross Value Added and 1.3 million jobs.
1 Dec 2017
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World’s first nutrigenomic supplement for horses will boost exercise performance
Developed by Plusvital, the supplement will be given to thoroughbred racehorses with certain genetic types that under-produce a key compound that supports muscles during exercise.
30 Nov 2017
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Genocide and ethnic cleansing in our times: from Rwanda to the Rohingyas
Genocide and ethnic cleansing was the focus of a public discussion in Trinity this week organised as part of Trinity Long Room Hub’s Behind the Headlines discussion series.
30 Nov 2017
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Nobel Laureate Prof William Campbell launches Undergraduate Science Programme
The Nobel laureate who has said about Trinity that “there’s no other university I would rather have been to,” launched the new Undergraduate Science Programme during a special return visit to his alma mater.
29 Nov 2017
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Researchers harness new technology to find improved ways of understanding MND
Researchers in the Academic Unit of Neurology at Trinity College Dublin have been studying brain wave patterns in the neurodegenerative condition Motor Neuron Disease (MND). They have made the surprising discovery that some specific parts of the brain are ‘over-connected’ in MND, while other parts show reduced activity as the brain networks disintegrate.
29 Nov 2017
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Sports scholars celebrated
Public Theatre event to celebrate this year’s 63 athletes
28 Nov 2017
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Trinity Innovation Awards 2017 – Celebrating Innovative Research
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin were acknowledged for their innovative research and entrepreneurship at the Trinity Innovation Awards 2017 special awards ceremony last night [November 27th, 2017]. The highest accolade, the Provost Innovation Award went to Professor of Biochemistry, Luke O'Neill for his outstanding contribution to innovation throughout his career.
28 Nov 2017
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Internationally-acclaimed artist Michael Craig-Martin at Trinity
Renowned Irish-born artist Michael Craig gave a public talk about the ideas that have been expressed through his artwork and teaching at an event in Trinity College Dublin on Thursday, November 23, 2017.
27 Nov 2017