Joint research projects by NUIG and the Mayo Clinic will focus on a number of key strategic areas, including adult stem-cell therapy, gene therapy, biomaterials and biomedical engineering, the two institutes have said. Illustration: Getty <\/p>\n
NUI Galway and the Mayo Clinic in the US plan to collaborate on clinical trials using regenerative medicine, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two institutes. <\/p>\n
The joint research projects will focus on a number of key strategic areas, including adult stem-cell therapy, gene therapy, biomaterials and biomedical engineering, the two institutes have said. <\/p>\n
The Mayo Clinic and NUIGs Regenerative Medicine Institute have worked closely with each other for a number of years. <\/p>\n
Both have licensed cell manufacturing facilities, and student and staff exchange programmes between Galway and the US will continue. <\/p>\n
Welcoming the agreement, NUIG president Dr Jim Browne has noted that his university has Irelands only facility licensed to produce stem cells for human use. <\/p>\n
A new clinical and translational research facility for conducting clinical trials with patients will be complete in early 2015, he said. <\/p>\n
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