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.
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
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.
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.
A major breakthrough in the understanding of hearing and noise-induced hearing loss has been made by hearing scientists from three Pacific Rim universities.
Researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington, have discovered a probiotic that can protect against the development of eczema in children by the age of two years and through to a follow-up at four years.
An HRC-funded trial to test the effectiveness of the drug azithromycin (AZM) on Māori and Pacific children with bronchiectasis – a type of irreversible scarring in the lungs – has achieved a 50 per