An Taoiseach launches Biomedical Diagnostics Institute at DCU Monday 11 December 2006
The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern
The DCU led national drive for a world breakthrough in biomedical diagnostics – with €22.5m in funding from Science Foundation Ireland and six industrial partners – has ramped up the team of international ranking researchers to more than 60.
The effort is aimed at producing home-use diagnostic devices that will give “early warnings” of life threatening illnesses such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes.
The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today launched the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute at DCU that will be the base for the research team, which includes leading scientists from the Royal College of Surgeons, the National University of Ireland, Galway, University College Cork and the six industrial partners, Åmic, Analog Devices, Becton Dickinson, Enfer Scientific, Hospira, and Inverness Medical Innovations/Unipath.
