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€2.1m Wellcome award for UCC research into why MS affects more women

29 Oct 2026
Dr. Éanna Fennell, the 10th recipient on the island of Ireland of a Wellcome Trust Career Development Award. Image Credit: Bríd O'Donovan, UCC.

A University College Cork (UCC) researcher has received a prestigious €2.1 million Wellcome Trust Award to help uncover why women are up to three times more likely than men to develop multiple sclerosis.

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