TCDSU continues to push for greater availability of gender neutral bathrooms
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) President Kieran McNulty has launched a petition for the College Board to create gender-neutral bathrooms in the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) on Pearse Street following the implementation of three gender neutral bathrooms in the Arts Building during the Michaelmas term. This process began with former Welfare Officer Conor Clancy, […]
Trinity academic warns against complacency as cases of tuberculosis rise
Trinity professor, Professor Joseph Keane, has warned against complacency towards tuberculosis (TB) as the number of multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB) cases rise. The greater number of MDR-TB cases reflects the European trend which is attributed to the movement of people from countries of higher TB prevalence. His warning comes as the Center for Disease Control […]
Trinity scientists develop new option for targeted cancer therapy
Trinity scientists have discovered a new therapy that will target cancer cells with improved specificity than current options. The researchers have demonstrated that a class of naturally occurring enzymes, named glycosidases, are heavily overexpressed in tumour tissue and can be used to trigger the release of therapeutic payloads in the local tumour sites only. […]
Professor Luke O’Neill on marvel molecules and being a scientist
Professor Luke O’Neill of the School of Biochemistry and Immunology talks to Trinity News about the exciting discovery of a molecule that could help treat a variety of inflammatory diseases.
