Over 50% of children received unlicensed or off label medications in a hospital setting A renewed focus on clinical trials for children is urgently needed In4kids is Ireland’s National Children’s Clinical Trial Network; funded by the [...]
University College Cork's INFANT Research Centre forms part of the CanVas consortium which has recieved a €10.7M non-dilutive grant from the Disruptive Technology Innovation Fund (DTIF). The grant will help develop one of the first ever [...]
Today, the Pregnancy Loss Research Group at University College Cork is launching a suite of resources to improve the care of people who experience miscarriage and recurrent miscarriage. Developed as part of the Health Research Board-funded RE:CURRENT [...]
Renowned cerebral palsy (CP) advocate Lily Collison today received an Honorary Doctorate from University College Cork in recognition of her pioneering work. Motivated by her son Tommy’s diagnosis of spastic diplegia, Lily has been dedicated to [...]
Cork medtech company Cergenx has secured the support of US regulators for a device that allows maternity hospital staff to detect brain injury in newborns without having to wait for specialist neurological support. Cork, Ireland – [...]
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we caught up with INFANT collaborator, Professor Cally Tann and the Baby BRAiN research team to learn about their work to improve outcomes for children and families affected by [...]
CergenX has been awarded the prestigious Irish Times Innovation Award in the Life Sciences & Healthcare category, sponsored by Research Ireland. This award celebrates their innovation in neonatal brain health, particularly with their new, easy-to-use brain-monitoring [...]
A software engineering student at University of Limerick is working on a project that could help to revolutionise the early detection of cerebral palsy. Aaron Roche, a 20-year-old student on the Immersive Software Engineering (ISE) programme [...]
4 in 5 Pregnant Women in Ireland are Iron Deficient by Third Trimester, a research study reveals Worrying findings sparking call for action Four out of five pregnant women in Ireland are iron deficient by their [...]
Study shows that using a novel advancement therapy called the “Milk Ladder”, was almost four times more likely to be successful in safely reintroducing cow’s milk to children with milk allergies in comparison to other classic [...]
