Feted research’s good for the heart

A groundbreaking healthy heart probiotic discovered by scientists at University College Cork has won a prestigious invention award.

The Bioscience Invention of the Year award was presented to Dr Catherine Stanton and her team for their discovery of a new probiotic bacterial strain that has cardio-protective properties and is proven to reduce cholesterol by 53% within 12 weeks of consumption.

The research is a result of collaboration between Teagasc, UCC Microbiology, and the Centre for Research in Vascular Biology at UCC, and it is expected there will be strong commercial interest in the innovative project.