Medicine and Life Sciences - Health

Help improve our website & get rewarded. Register your interest and you could win a gift card up to €50! May 8th marked World Ovarian Cancer Day , a global initiative established in 2013 to unite voices in the fight against ovarian cancer.

New research led by Irish scientists has uncovered how lipid-rich fluid in the abdomen, known as ascites, plays a central role in weakening the body's immune response in advanced ovarian cancer.

Over 100 Limerick people joined with University of Limerick to take part in the UL Citizens' Assembly and identified three UL research projects aimed at developing a more sustainable future for the city and region.

Seven researchers have been awarded the highly prestigious Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships at University of Limerick, totalling €2.16 million.

Researchers at University of Limerick have received funding under the Research Ireland New Foundations programme for nine projects designed to tackle national and global issues.

Prof. Owen Smith hopes MAGIC-I project will lead to every child and adolescent with cancer in Ireland receiving deep genome analysis to determine best way to manage their illness A major step towards the genomic sequencing of all children with cancer was recently launched.