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$4.1 million in Marsden research funding for medical faculty

10 November 2020

Researchers in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences are getting a $4.1 million boost from the government’s Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, the Marsden Fund.
Painkillers for kids: a global safety check

5 November 2020

Paracetamol and Ibuprofen are prescribed for kids everywhere. How safe and effective are these drugs?
Priorities for End of Life Choice

3 November 2020

Opinion: The NZ public gave a 'yes' vote in the end of life choice referendum, but now what? Dr Tanisha Jowsey lists the priorities for a new era in patient care.
Growing skin in the lab to treat a rare disease

2 November 2020

Scientists have successfully gene-engineered skin cells in the laboratory which could be used to treat a rare but sometimes debilitating genetic skin condition.
Nikki Turner: Let's keep our eyes on the ball

2 November 2020

Immunisation expert Dr Nikki Turner says as we wait for a Covid-19 vaccine, there are other diseases to keep in mind.
Prestigious Fellowship for novel Brain Cancer Research

30 October 2020

Associate Professor Charles Unsworth from the Department of Engineering Science has been awarded a Royal Society of New Zealand James Cook Research Fellowship.
Stalling Parkinson's disease is Auckland scientist's goal

30 October 2020

What if doctors could stall Parkinson's before the shakiness started? That's the ambition of a University of Auckland scientist.
Reaching wāhine where they are: The push to improve Māori breast cancer care

29 October 2020

Opinion: MBChB student Emma Espiner talks to Dr Maxine Ronald, the only wahine Māori consultant breast cancer surgeon in the world, about inequities in breast cancer outcomes for Māori.
NZ research sheds light on unexplained deaths

28 October 2020

Opinion: Martin Stiles talks about the detective work required to uncover genetic cardiac conditions and give answers to families facing a sudden unexplained death.
Hidden architecture of mental illness revealed

28 October 2020

A two-year genetic study at the Liggins Institute provides support for a radical new theory about the causes of psychiatric illness
New Zealand's path to Covid-19 vaccine

27 October 2020

Developing a Covid-19 vaccine is arguably the number one priority of humanity right now – so how are we going? A University of Auckland panel has the answers.
Time to take health inequities seriously

23 October 2020

Opinion: Type 2 diabetes and other health conditions that badly affect Māori and Pasifika must be addressed – for the sake of all, writes Collin Tukuitonga.

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