SUZHOU, China — A new cancer drug licensed by Eli Lilly & Co. was discovered by a six-year-old startup on the outskirts of Shanghai, and derived from the ovary cells of Chinese hamsters. Lilly now is planning to test it on Americans. Rival Merck & Co. aims to test a separate cancer drug in the…

The University of Otago has recently named the Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) as one of its 12 flagship research centres. The institute brings together more than 140 researchers from all divisions of the University to conduct multi-disciplinary research with collaborators in low- and middle-income countries, and with disadvantaged groups closer to home, to contribute…

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman and Science and Innovation Minister Paul Goldsmith have welcomed 11 ground-breaking projects that have won $1.65 million in explorer grants from the Health Research Council (HRC). “The Government supports research that leads to improved health outcomes and more effective delivery of healthcare for New Zealanders,” says Dr Coleman. Read more

New Zealand researchers are about to develop a radical new way of helping doctors detect antibiotic resistance faster that could save patients’ lives and change the way antibiotics are used around the world. Professor Sarah Hook from the University of Otago, Dunedin, has received a $150,000 explorer grant from the Health Research Council of New…

New Zealand researchers are about to develop a radical new way of helping doctors detect antibiotic resistance faster that could save patients’ lives and change the way antibiotics are used around the world. Professor Sarah Hook from the University of Otago, Dunedin, has received a $150,000 explorer grant from the Health Research Council of New…

Suddenly, after thinking it might be a bit of a fizzer, three buildings are coming out of the ground at Te Papa Hauora, the promised health innovation precinct by Christchurch Hospital. “In 2017, I’m incredibly optimistic because I can see cranes everywhere,” says Dr Ian Town, the asthma researcher and university manager who now chairs…

Suddenly, after thinking it might be a bit of a fizzer, three buildings are coming out of the ground at Te Papa Hauora, the promised health innovation precinct by Christchurch Hospital. “In 2017, I’m incredibly optimistic because I can see cranes everywhere,” says Dr Ian Town, the asthma researcher and university manager who now chairs…

An interview with Assoc. Prof. James Rabeau and Dr. Louise Brown conducted by James Ives (MPsych) Can you give an overview of LuciGem’s technology for the illumination and tracking of small molecules using fluorescent diamonds and phosphorescent nanorubies? Many of the most fundamental, life governing biological processes take place at size and time scales that…

A new University of Otago study shows injured Maori face higher rates of long-term disability. The research was based on an Otago analysis of patient-reported and Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) data. Read more

The systemic administration of nanoparticles activates an inflammatory response because of the accumulation of blood components on their surface. This was demonstrated by a Houston Methodist-led research team, and this finding could help researchers to develop more efficient ways that will help prevent the activation of the immune system and direct therapies in patients in…