Patients reaping rewards from TCD breakthroughs

PATIENTS in Irish hospitals are benefiting from cutting-edge bioscientific research by scientists at Trinity College Dublin’s Institute of Molecular Medicine, a report has revealed.

There are 180 clinician researchers and scientists working together at the institute in research teams that are strategically focusing on the key areas of infection and immunity, cancer and neurosciences.

The report, launched in Dublin yesterday by Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe, documents five years of research.