Dr Gerard O'Keeffe and Professor Louise Kenny receive TRAP award

10 Nov 2014

Dr. Gerard O’Keeffe, and  Prof. Louise Kenny have recently be awarded a Translational Research Access Programme (TRAP) grant from the School of Medicine

Dr. Gerard O’Keeffe, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, together with Prof. Louise Kenny from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at The Irish centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational research (www.infantcentre.ie) has recently be awarded a Translational Research Access Programme (TRAP) grant from the School of Medicine UCC to focus on developing new protective pharmacotherapy for the human placenta.

It is well known that placental health is a critical determinant of future health throughout the life-span.  Despite this, the number of registered pipeline drugs for complications of pregnancy is only 1-5% of that for other major disease areas.  This work will examine the potential of small molecule inhibitors of the epigenome as new therapies that protect the fetus from an adverse in utero environment.

To read the articles on this subject, click here:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24717516

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24794011