By Gary Culliton.

By Gary Culliton.

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells.

Gary Culliton looks at exomic sequencing — a process that researchers are using to identify new genes that can cause problems in families.

Have Irish scientists changed the world? Ireland has certainly produced some great scientists, and the world is certainly changing, but has the work of Irish scientists contributed significantly to this change? And, if so, what is the nature and extent of their contribution? These are just some of the questions explored in Seán Duke’s elegant, erudite new book, How Irish

Dr Ray Walley, Chair of the GP Committee of the IMO, responds to criticisms raised in the column above by Dr Ruairi Hanley of the #resourceGP campaign being currently run by the medical representative body.

Dear Editor, The use of an incompetent interpreter at South Africa’s founding president Nelson Mandela’s memorial service has brought international attention to bear on the consequences of the provision of untrained, unqualified interpreters on the participation of deaf communities across the world.

Dear Editor, I found the commentaries (Irish Medical Times, 6.

The World Anti-Doping Code, published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), harmonises anti-doping regulations across all sports and in all countries.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published the 2014 List of substances and methods prohibited for use in sport.