Breadcrumbs List.
Health and medicine
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Brainy teens tackle neuroscience challenge
2 July 2025
More than 160 of New Zealand’s brightest high school students competed in the NZ Brain Bee Challenge, hosted by the University of Auckland’s Centre for Brain Research recently.
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Urgent call for dementia support in rural Māori communities
1 July 2025
Too many rural whānau are caring for loved ones with mate wareware in silence. A kaupapa led by the Centre for Brain Research is bringing answers to their doorsteps.
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Seymour's 'fiscal heroes' need support not sarcasm
1 July 2025
Opinion: When we reach the Smokefree target of fewer than 5 percent of people smoking, we must ensure they aren’t stigmatised or forgotten says Ruth Bonita.
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University joins global drive to find tuberculosis treatments
27 June 2025
Funding from Japan underpins Associate Professor Ghader Bashiri's search for antibiotics to treat tuberculosis.
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Device study offers hopes for spinal cord injuries
27 June 2025
Spinal cord injuries are currently incurable, with devastating effects on people’s lives, but a new study offers hope for healing.
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Ancestors chart course for excellence
26 June 2025
Catching the waves of life has propelled Professor Matire Harwood to land on the shores of academic excellence - a story she told at her inaugural lecture as a professor.
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Using virtual reality to aid brain injury recovery
24 June 2025
A University of Auckland bioengineering research team is developing a rehabilitation system for traumatic brain injuries, using virtual reality simulations
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Clues to diagnosing Parkinson’s and MSA discovered
19 June 2025
Australasian brain scientists have made a breakthrough that could help diagnose Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy (MSA).
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Scientists seek new tests for a cancer on the rise
16 June 2025
An epidemic of womb cancer in New Zealand is being tackled by experts from the University of Auckland.
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Oxford-Auckland partnership delivers genomic ‘game changer’
15 June 2025
A Liggins Institute collaboration with an Oxford Uni spinout is paving the way for a nationwide rollout of DNA sequencing for very sick babies.
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Rural placement pivotal experience for pharmacy student
12 June 2025
Sendhil Rungasamy will ‘only plans on working in rural’ now, after a rural interprofessional training placement changed his view of healthcare.
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Longer reproductive years linked to healthier brain aging
9 June 2025
A study of postmenopausal women pointed to a protective effect from estradiol, the most potent form of estrogen.