UCC conference to focus on blood cell disorder

More than 250 internationally renowned doctors and scientists will take part in conference in UCC next month which focuses on a blood cell disorder which claimed the life of a young Cork girl.

The 10th international Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia conference will be held at the UCC Brookfield Health Sciences Complex from Jun 12-15, and it will be hosted by the Grace Nolan Foundation.

Mike Nolan founded the foundation 10 years ago when he lost his 10-year-old daughter to HHT, a genetic disorder which affects the formation of blood cells.