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Irish researchers unlock breakthrough approach to repair peripheral nerve damage

January 21, 2022
As part of an ongoing partnership between RCSI, AMBER and Integra LifeSciences, a research team used a novel device to mimic the body’s own natural nerve repair processes to repair...

Dementia cases ‘set to almost triple by 2050’

January 12, 2022
Dementia is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide, affecting around 57 million people worldwide in 2019. Due to population growth, ageing and lifestyle factors, the number of adults living...

COVID-19 may impact fight-or-flight response in young adults

August 9, 2021
New collaborative research using microneurography suggests COVID-19 may alter the fight-or-flight response in young adults, potentially distrupting many bodily processes and providing insight into 'long-COVID' symptoms. Pain response, lung function,...

Fruit compound may have potential to prevent and treat Parkinson’s disease

August 2, 2021
Researchers have added to evidence that the compound farnesol, found naturally in herbs, and berries and other fruits, prevents and reverses brain damage linked to Parkinson's disease in mouse studies....

Gene variant discovery could help treat Alzheimer’s and other degenerative brain disorders

July 29, 2021
New research suggests early changes in brain metabolism may explain the neurodegeneration suffered by Alzheimer's patients. Discovery of a special gene variant, that causes astrocytes of the brain and exhausts...

Researchers reduce severity of sleep apnoea by at least 30 per cent

July 5, 2021
Imagine waking up a hundred times every night not being able to breathe! Believe it or not, data suggests this actually happens to around one and a half million adults...

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