Ireland: Stem Cell Cesearch Enter Opens in Galway
Related News: Stem Cell ResearchA brand spanking new stem cell research facility at NUI Galway will establish Ireland’s reputation in a pioneering and exciting area of clinical research, the Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment Micheál Martin TD said this morning.
Speaking at the official opening of the Regenerative Medicine Institute (Remedi), the minister said:
"The Remedi centre brings together a top team in gene therapy and stem cell research, continuing the Government’s investment in the clinical and academic infrastructure in the west and putting Ireland on the world map in this ground-breaking area of scientific research and development (R&D)."
Now lets see the stem cell debate move to Ireland ;).
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) is funding Remedi to the tune of €15m over five years. It is the second major SFI funding at the university in two years. In 2003, NUI Galway was awarded €12m by SFI to support the Digital Enterprise Research Institute.
It is the only Irish university to acquire two facilities under SFI’s Centres for Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET) programme and to be successful in all rounds of funding from the Higher Education Authority’s Programme for Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI) over the past four years.
Remedi is housed within the National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, which was built with a €20m grant from the PRTLI to NUI Galway.
CSET policy dictates that institutes work alongside industry partners. In Remedi’s case, partnerships have been built with healthcare industry leaders Medtronic and Biolabs.
Posted on February 25, 2005 08:51 PM