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The US and Harvard University continue to dominate the global Highly Cited Researchers list, but China is closing in on the gap with each passing year.

Hosted by the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute, the Annual Edmund Burke Lecture celebrates Trinity’s strong connection with the 18th-century philosopher, historian and politician Edmund Burke.

Scientists have identified how specific immune cells can work together in fat to cause inflammation that leads to weight gain and obesity, suggesting new ways to manage obesity.

Researchers showed that modifications in immune checkpoint proteins of mice on a Western “high fat” diet were linked to dramatic reductions in the development of obesity and diabetes. This new process of checkpoint regulation of cells in visceral fat of obese individuals advances the understanding of how the immune system controls diet-induced weight gain that can lead to conditions such as obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Vaccinations at Carrick Medical Centre to begin this Saturday Reporter: The rolllout of vaccinations will begin at the Carrick Medical Centre this Saturday. In a statement issued to the Leitrim Observer doctors at the Centre said “Carrick Medical Centre are delighted to be commencing the rollout of Covid vaccines to their patients with the first clinic happening this coming Saturday, February 27 for those patients of ours aged over 85 years old. “We are teaming up with Dr Padraic Fallon ...