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Vitamin D could help fight off Covid-19 – new TILDA research
New TILDA research highlights the key role of Vitamin D in the body’s immune response to fight infection and emphasises the importance of increasing intake while staying at home/’cocooning’.
3 Apr 2020
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Vitamin D may help build resistance to respiratory infections, including COVID-19
The authors recommend that adults living in Ireland take 20-50 micrograms of vitamin D per day.
3 Apr 2020
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David Norris, Ivana Bacik and Lynn Ruane re-elected to the Seanad
Three incumbent Senators in the University of Dublin constituency (David Norris, Ivana Bacik and Lynn Ruane) have been re-elected to the Seanad. A total of eight counts were completed on the Trinity College campus.
2 Apr 2020
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Sitryx announces major licensing and research collaboration with Lilly
the collaboration holds huge promise for the development of wholly new anti-inflammatory medicines that have the potential to bring tremendous benefits to patients with inflammatory diseases.
1 Apr 2020
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Professor Dan Bradley wins second prestigious ERC Advanced Grant
He will use the grant to pursue ground-breaking inter-disciplinary research in the field of ancient epigenetics that will help write new chapters of ancient human history.
31 Mar 2020
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New online democracy curriculum shows cultural trauma has lasting impact on societies
This provides a necessary tool to deepen knowledge and understanding of the current crises, enhancing people’s awareness and capacity to make informed choices and take action in the public sphere.
30 Mar 2020
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Response to Covid-19 shows striking similarities with pandemics past
Be it quarantine or social distancing, responses to the current Covid-19 pandemic have not changed much since the pandemics of the past, speakers noted in the Behind the Headlines discussion Plagues and Pandemics which was livestreamed to over 7000 viewers on Thursday evening, March 26th 2020.
27 Mar 2020
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Adults over 70 the fabric of their community, new findings released
The findings come at a time when the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on our older population are being discussed nationally.
25 Mar 2020
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People with an intellectual disability vulnerable to adverse outcomes of COVID-19 warns Trinity expert
Professor Mary McCarron, Director of the Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disablity has highlighted her concerns on the impact of the crisis on those with an intellectual disability.
24 Mar 2020
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Trinity College Dublin launches Strategic Plan 2020-2025
Trinity College Dublin launched its Strategic Plan 2020 – 2025 today, March 10. The five-year plan, entitled Community and Connection, will shape the future of the university to benefit Irish society and the wider world.
10 Mar 2020