Therapeutic Options for Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome  front page preview

Therapeutic Options for Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

The development of new therapies for the treatment of obesity attributable to genetic factors. Treatment strategies are available but the side effects associated with their use necessitates the development of new and no...

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A Mimetic Peptide as a Treatment for Breast Cancer  front page preview

A Mimetic Peptide as a Treatment for Breast Cancer

The global market for ER-positive breast cancer is estimated to be 2.86 billion. Despite availability of effective treatments, survival rates are low in Stage IV as compared to other stages. ADAM22 is a novel therapeutic...

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STARMAT – A Versatile Star Polypeptide Platform for Drug Delivery front page preview

STARMAT – A Versatile Star Polypeptide Platform for Drug Delivery

Star-polymers are a new class of polymer architecture which consist of linear arms radiating from a central core. Novel Star-polypeptides discovered at RCSI have been demonstrated to have superior transfection and delive...

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Objective Medication Tool to Aid Patient Adherence and Optimise Drug Dosage  front page preview

Objective Medication Tool to Aid Patient Adherence and Optimise Drug Dosage

Assessing adherence to medication is an essential element in the ongoing treatment of patients with chronic disease as well as in the development and trialling of new drugs. The current standard methods of adherence asse...

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