๐๏ธ ๐ผ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ค๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ฃ ๐’๐ฟ๐ค๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ก’๐จ ๐๐๐ฟ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐พ๐ช๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ, ๐ฌ๐’๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐; ๐๏ธ
Irish medical scientist Cian O’Donnell โ who is living with the same heart condition that his father, a heart surgeon in Cork, died from at aged 49 โ has been awarded full funding by CRY to join an international project dedicated to finding cures for inherited heart conditions based at the University of Oxford. The pioneering research aims to save and transform lives (including lives in Ireland) by finding cures for genetic heart muscle diseases, and will help to reshape the cardiac medicine landscape for generations to come.
Our sponsorship enables Cian to take up a three-year fulltime research position with the CureHeart project team in Oxford, where he is developing and testing functional cures for mutations that cause inherited heart conditions, leveraging the latest technology from world-leading academic labs.
CRYโs support of this vital work over the next three years is only possible through the immense generosity of our supporters โ we receive no government funding.
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐โ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ โ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ!โ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐.
Cian confirmed:-
“๐๐ธ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ท๐ ๐พ๐ ๐ช๐๐ป๐๐๐น, ๐ถ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ถ๐ ๐’๐ ๐ถ๐ท๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐น๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐พ๐ ๐ป๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐น ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐ถ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐น๐พ๐ถ๐ธ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐. ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐พ๐๐๐น ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ถ๐ ๐พ๐๐น๐๐ธ๐๐น ๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐. ๐ต๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐ท๐๐ถ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐น ๐๐ ๐ถ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ถ๐ ๐, ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐ธ๐๐๐ ๐ถ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐.”
๐ป Attached is a video of beating cardiac cells.