Galway Bay fm newsroom - An NUI Galway researcher has won the inaugural Allergen Innovation Award for her work to help breast cancer patients who've had a mastectomy.
Dr. Niamh O'Halloran is a researcher at NUI Galway's School of Medicine.
Her project seeks to use the body's own cells to reduce the risk of complications with implants post-mastectomy.
The Allergen Innovation Award - which is worth six thousand euro - provides funding for research in the field of Life Sciences.
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Allergen is global pharmaceutical company which employs 1,800 people at its Irish facilities such as Galway med-tech company ZELTIQ Aesthetics.
