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All the latest news and media releases from the Health Research Council.
  • Explorer Grant targets cure for genetic disorders

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    One of the three recipients of the HRC's new Explorer Grants will use his award to test a new technology that could potentially replace the defective genes responsible for disorders like cystic fibrosis.
  • New Health Innovation Partnership created

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    Two Requests for Proposals have been released under a new Health Innovation Partnership between the HRC and National Health Committee.
  • Grants awarded to help Kiwis recover from brain injuries

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    Research into New Zealand's worrying brain injury epidemic has been given a boost with three scientists awarded HRC grants to help improve the prognosis of Kiwis with brain injuries.
  • Funding for emerging researchers announced

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    In the future, patients with blinding diseases such as age-related macular degeneration might not have to endure frequent injections into their eyes.

  • High injury toll from hazards in homes and gardens

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    A significant proportion of injuries in the home, costing millions of dollars a year, are related to how a house is built and maintained, according to new research from the University of Otago, Wel

  • Popular video game could cure lazy eye

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    Playing Tetris under controlled conditions may be a cure for lazy eye in both children and adults.

  • Requests for Proposals released for China - NZ collaborations

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    The HRC is seeking Concept Outlines from New Zealand-based researchers with demonstrated collaborations and linkages with China-based researchers, in the area of non-communicable diseases.
  • Immune cell discovery could aid skin allergy treatment

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    A collaboration between researchers at Wellington's Malaghan Institute of Medical Research and the Centenary Institute in Sydney has led to the discovery of immune cells in the skin that can drive the development of allergic skin disease.