Walsh appointed Stokes Bio chairman

Dr Edward M. Walsh has today been appointed as chairman of Stokes Bio Limited, an advanced research spin-off from the Stokes Research Institute at University of Limerick.

Stokes Bio is currently developing the prototype for a new cancer diagnostic system, based on analysis of the human transcriptome. The first medical application of the new ‘micro-fluidic’ diagnostic system is likely to be in the area of childhood leukaemia.