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The Irish Nightingale of the Civil War

By Peter F. Stevens, Contributor
November / December 2018

November 1, 2018 by 3 Comments

The death of a Sister of Charity on the battlefield.

"The Irish-American Florence Nightingale" of the Civil War – Sister Mary Anthony. The name of this Civil War medical pioneer has unjustly slipped between history’s proverbial cracks.  Still, her legacy flourishes:  “Her innovative triage techniques remain standard practices in every theater of war where American troops fight.” Those words come from a 2003 Pentagon report. They … [Read more...] about The Irish Nightingale of the Civil War

Murphy’s Saw: Surgery With Irish Flair

By Ray Cavanaugh, Contributor
November / December 2018

November 1, 2018 by 1 Comment

The Murphy-Lane bone skid.

The extraordinarily gifted John Benjamin Murphy, who turned surgery into performance art. ℘℘℘ Like other influential doctors, John Benjamin Murphy saved and improved lives with his medical advancements. But he also managed to turn surgery into a performance art. As a maestro with surgical tools, he welcomed – indeed, thrived on – the added pressure of operating before … [Read more...] about Murphy’s Saw: Surgery With Irish Flair

Galway Start-Up Offers New Remedy for Arthritis

By Irish America Staff
September / October 2018

September 1, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Loci Orthopaedics, a Galway-based medical devices start-up that has developed a new joint implant to treat arthritis, announced on July 7 that it has raised €2.75 million in a seed round. The company, a spin-off from NUI Galway and KU Leuven in Belgium, said it intended to use the financing to commercialize the “InDx” device to treat what is a common but crippling joint … [Read more...] about Galway Start-Up Offers New Remedy for Arthritis

ICON Joins Groundbreaking Genome Initiative

By Julia Brodsky, Editorial Assistant
April / May 2016

March 25, 2016 by Leave a Comment

ICON plc was recently selected by Genomics England to support their “100,000 Genomes” project, the world’s largest genome sequencing project for cancer and rare diseases, which could revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of various cancers and rare diseases. Announced by British Prime Minister David Cameron in 2012, the project will compile 100,000 whole genomes from 70,000 … [Read more...] about ICON Joins Groundbreaking Genome Initiative

William Campbell’s Nobel Prize

By Julia Brodsky, Editorial Assistant
February / March 2016

February 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Donegal native Dr. William Campbell was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for his work on a drug that fights roundworm-related infections. He and his colleague, Professor Satoshi Omura, shared this year’s award for their work in discovering Ivermectin, which has drastically reduced occurrences of river blindness and lymphatic filariasis (commonly known as elephantiasis … [Read more...] about William Campbell’s Nobel Prize

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