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All the latest news and media releases from the Health Research Council.
  • New research targets drug-resistant breast cancer

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    New Zealand researchers will soon use cutting-edge genetic technology to help control resistance to the latest drug for treating HER2-positive breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
  • The changing role of community pharmacists

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    Pharmacists are the recognised medicines experts, but is New Zealand making the most of their skills?

  • Human Frontier Science Program grants

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    Human Frontier Science Program - Funding frontier research into complex biological systems.

  • Study shows long-term benefits of weight loss surgery

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    Obese patients with type 2 diabetes in New Zealand have had good long-term results after weight loss surgery, according to a new study.

  • Māori health research appointment

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    Mr Stacey Pene (Ngāti Kahungunu) has been appointed as the HRC’s new Manager of Māori Research Investment.
  • Tackling fevers in Asia through e-ASIA JRP

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    Otago University researchers have secured $450,000 in HRC funding through the e-ASIA program to study causes of fever and how patients with fever are managed in Myanmar and the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic.
  • New building for Dunedin Study

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    Work is starting on a new purpose-built home for the world-renowned HRC-funded Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, on the University of Otago’s campus in Dunedin.
  • NZ gene discovery drives global leukaemia research

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    Julia Horsfield made a surprise discovery while working on a HRC-funded project more than 10 years ago. What she found is today the major focus of leukaemia researchers worldwide.