Vaughan , a pharmacologist at Ireland's University College Cork, gave a speech commenting on the study at the ACC meeting today.

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Its research was led by a team from University College Cork (UCC) but involved academics from five institutions, including Queens University in Belfast (QUB).

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Following the Welsh discovery, marine ecologists at Swansea University and University College Cork used satellite-tracking systems to follow 10 leatherbacks from their nesting sites in the tropics.

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"We thought initially that the shoe and other objects were about 600-700 years old because they were in such good condition, " said co-author Dr Ron Pinhasi from University College Cork in Ireland.

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Gerry Wrixon, president of University College, Cork, is typical of the breed.

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