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“There’s an awful lot of talk about menopause…but I never really got the whole cardiac thing…”

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women, and the risk rises during the menopause years. But an international study has revealed that only half of women know this.

28 Oct 2026

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Brain Tumour Awareness Week: meet Dr Oliviero Gobbo and learn about his work

Dr Gobbo is Assistant Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Trinity, and co-founder of the Irish Neuro-Oncology Society. He believes innovative approaches in nanomedicine may lead to improved treatments in the future.

27 Oct 2026

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Trinity scientists discover how cancers evade chemotherapy by entering “Zombie-like state”

And in lab experiments using human cells, they also found that specific compounds selectively killed tumour cells driven into this "Zombie-like state" by chemotherapy, offering hope for improved treatment.

23 Oct 2026

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Trinity researchers develop pioneering new medicine for atopic dermatitis

Sitryx Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company co-founded by Trinity’s Professor Luke O’Neill has just announced positive results in a clinical trial of a new treatment for the inflammatory skin disease atopic dermatitis, which is commonly known as eczema.

15 Oct 2026

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New Trinity Centre launched for Reproductive Sciences and Women’s Health

The new Centre will create a coordinated research ecosystem spanning discovery science, clinical research and policy, addressing important evidence gaps in women’s and reproductive health.

12 Oct 2026

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Optogenetics – a link between the Nobel Prize, Trinity neuroscience, and understanding memory

Trinity's Prof. Tomás Ryan and his team were among the many neuroscientists around the world celebrating the success of Karl Deisseroth, who along with Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

8 Oct 2026

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Your voice may reveal how fast and how well you’re aging

A new study shows that machine-learning clocks based on speech can estimate chronological age and may also offer a window into brain aging, biological aging, cognitive health, cumulative burden, and dementia.

30 Sep 2026

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New research shows how human impacts increase risk of emerging infectious disease outbreaks

Global fragmentation of ecosystems and changing patterns of rainfall have increased the risk of diseases spreading to humans from animals, mosquitoes and ticks, according to a new study involving a Trinity scientist.

24 Sep 2026

Environment|Health|Research|Science

New Trinity research suggests a simple pill could prevent sight loss in common form of diabetes-driven eye condition

Researchers at Trinity, in collaboration with Breye Therapeutics, have found that an oral medication (Danegaptide) can protect against vision-threatening damage in Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (NPDR), which is a leading cause of blindness in working-age adults.

24 Sep 2026

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Seven Trinity research projects secure HRB investment

The funding comes as the HRB is investing €12 million in 29 investigator-led research projects to support innovative and internationally competitive research across patient-oriented research (POR), population health research (PHR) and health services research (HSR).

23 Sep 2026

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