- Drug commonly used to treat HER2-positive breast cancer sees tumour shrinkage in several other cancer types.
- Cancer treatment combination may have more uses than previously thought.
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New study reveals breast cancer drug combination has impact on other cancers
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New APC research reveals that lockdowns had an impact on gut microbes and allergies in newborns
29 Feb 2024Lockdowns imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on the gut microbiome development of babies born during these periods according to new research from APC Microbiome Ireland (APC), a world leading SFI Research Centre, based in University College Cork, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and Children’s Health Ireland.
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UCC researchers find no immediate increase in rates of suicide globally during the first 15 months of the Covid-19 pandemic
28 Feb 2024- Review finds no increase in suicide rate during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- A range of factors during the pandemic served as protective effects to the risk of suicide.
- Study also highlights the need for high-quality and timely data on suicide deaths worldwide.
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Wellcome Trust awards €5.3 million to tackle fatal bloodstream infections
20 Feb 2024- Female led project brings together experts from APC Microbiome Ireland a world leading SFI Research Centre based at University College Cork (UCC), The Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute at Trinity College Dublin, University of Exeter and University of Bristol.
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Mystery solved: the oldest fossil reptile from the alps is an historical forgery
16 Feb 2024A 280-million-year-old fossil that has baffled researchers for decades has been shown to be, in part, a forgery following new examination of the remnants. The discovery has led the team led by Dr Valentina Rossi of University College Cork, Ireland (UCC) to urge caution in how the fossil is used in future research.
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Rise in devices has huge environmental consequences, conference hears
15 Feb 2024• The transformation brought by the rise in connected devices has significant environmental consequences, UCC and MTU conference hears.
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• The number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices worldwide is forecast to almost double to more than 29 billion IoT devices in 2030.
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New three-drug combination treatment achieves notable responses in patients with advanced HER2-negative breast cancer
15 Feb 2024Treatment in a recent study combined a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor - a drug that causes a chemical change to stop tumor cells from dividing - with two types of immunotherapy known as checkpoint inhibitors, which unharness the power of the immune response against cancer.
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UCC researchers awarded €3.7m for new research to address climate and environmental challenges
14 Feb 2024- UCC is the highest performing institute in the Environmental Protection Agency Research Call Awards 2023.
- Funded research covers a wide range of areas covering climate change, the natural environment, the green and circular economy, and the environment and human health.
- JustCities Hub project to capture and explore timely knowledge on enabling climate justice change in the city.
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UCC researchers find that people with COPD see improved health benefits from lifestyle changes
13 Feb 2024- Research shows that people with the complex lung disease COPD see improved health benefits from behaviour change interventions.
- It is estimated that over 380,000 people in Ireland suffer from COPD.
- Interventions ‘has helped me greatly’ says woman with COPD.
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UCC launches Entrepreneur in Residence programme
12 Feb 2024- In line with the University’s strategic goal of developing an innovative culture and entrepreneurial campus, UCC’s Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) programme will support the University in promoting and encouraging entrepreneurial activity among UCC staff, students and graduates.
- UCC has developed and is nurturing an entrepreneurial ecosystem that aims to encourage, create and support fifty new ventures in the next two years.