A new vaccine that will treat cancer at the pre-clinical level has been developed by Irish researchers.

For the first time scientists have created stem cell-derived, in vitro models of sporadic and hereditary Alzheimer’s disease (AD), using induced pluripotent stem cells from patients with the neurodegenerative disorder.

Schizophrenia and other psychoses affect three-in-100 people in Ireland with huge economic cost to the State, according to a new report published on the work and evaluation of the DETECT (Dublin and East Treatment and Early Care Team) service.

Prophylactic aspirin reduces the risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction in people without cardiovascular disease but does not reduce cardiovascular or cancer mortality, and any benefit is offset by the raised risk of bleeding events, a large meta-analysis looking at aspirin in primary prevention has shown.