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09 May 2024
Early onset bowel cancer on the rise
There’s a fresh call for a lowering of the bowel cancer screening age in Aotearo...
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01 May 2024
Otago awarded prestigious PM's science prize
The University of Otago’s HDGC Research Group has received the Te Pūiaki Putaiao...
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01 Mar 2024
Diermeier Lab awarded grant from RNA research platform
A research team led by Otago Biochemistry’s Dr Sarah Diermeier has just been awa...
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08 Feb 2024
“Check Your Boobs” says Surveying academic
In early 2022, Emily Tidey found a lump on her breast. Following a mastectomy an...
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30 Nov 2023
Another major award for 'role model'
In what’s proving to be a stellar year for recognition of her commitment and ded...
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14 Nov 2023
Rapid rise of endometrial cancer in Aotearoa
Healthcare professionals are concerned about the management of endometrial cance...
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01 Nov 2023
Helen Morrin receives award for cancer research
After more than two decades as the Curator of Otago University’s He Taonga Tapu...
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04 Aug 2023
Screening age needs to be lowered to combat ‘epidemic’
New Zealand needs to lower the screening age for colorectal cancer if it wants t...
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02 Aug 2023
Continuity of care needed from the ‘front of the pathway’ to the back
After undergoing cancer treatment, many survivors deal with a range of psycho-so...
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27 Jun 2023
DNA discovery may assist in fight against aggressive cancer
In a significant development in the fight against fatal cancers, University of O...
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27 Jun 2023
New psychedelic-assisted therapy trial aims to help cancer patients
Finding a way to help terminal cancer patients struggling with depressive though...
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24 May 2023
3D bioprinting research set to revolutionise breast reconstruction
Innovative Otago research could help reconstruct breast tissue that cancer patie...