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Expert Reactions | Published: 19 July 2013

US researchers have successfully silenced the extra chromosome responsible for Down’s syndrome in cells, opening up potential for treatment of […]

In the News | Published: 17 July 201328 March 2016

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says DOC should use more 1080 poison in pest control. The Commissioner, Dr Jan […]

In the News | Published: 16 July 201316 July 2013

A NASA telescope will be scanning the skies above Christchurch for the next few weeks — flying 12km up in […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 15 July 201328 March 2016

Satellite observations have measured accelerating polar ice mass loss over the past decade as part of the Gravity Recovery and […]

In the News | Published: 12 July 201312 July 2013

Biosecurity in New Zealand- have we gone soft at the border? was the title of a conference which has raised […]

In the News | Published: 11 July 2013

University of Victoria Immunologist (and Science Media SAVVY alumnus) Dr Laura Greene, features in this TVNZ news segment highlighting how […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 11 July 201328 March 2016

Growth restriction in utero is a potentially serious pregnancy complication with no current treatment options. Around the world, researchers are […]

Blog | Published: 11 July 2013

Fiona Fox, the chief executive and founder of the UK Science Media Centre, recently spent a day with Nature reporter […]

In the News | Published: 09 July 201328 March 2016

A kiwi chick released on an island off the Kapiti coast may be the key to securing the future for […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 04 July 2013

Japanese scientists have grown functional human liver tissue – in mice. The working human liver made using induced pluripotent stem […]