University of Otago scientists have uncovered how a key protein is involved in the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells. Research […]
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Media Coverage: Maternal diet and obesity
New Zealand scientists have helped establish a link between a mother’s diet while pregnant and the probability that her child […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Are you descended from Neanderthals?
An article in the NZ Herald looks at whether we may be descended, at least in part, from Neanderthals, and […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: DNA focus of dolphin count
Researchers will use DNA profiling to count Maui dolphins, which are the world’s rarest. An excerpt: (read in full here) […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/NZPA: Study identifies TB gene
An international study involving a University of Otago researcher has for the first time used a specific genome scanning technique […]
Continue readingODT: ADHD no ‘made-up’ disorder
Eileen Goodwin writes in the Otago Daily Times about a recent seminar by Professor Anita Thapar in which she discussed […]
Continue readingManawatu Standard: Scientists working on animal genetics
Jill Galloway writes in the Waikato Times about scientists’ efforts to better understand beef and sheep genetics in a bid […]
Continue readingDom Post: Mum might be wrong about good-for-you tucker
Kiran Chug of the Dominion Post reports that a one-size-fits-all approach to nutrition could soon become far more personal, thanks […]
Continue readingNutrigenomics – how do our genes affect our nutrition?
What sorts of foods should you — personally — eat to be healthiest? Nutrigenomics studies the interaction between our genes […]
Continue readingODT: Researchers reveal genome of pea aphid
John Gibb reports in the Otago Daily times on the publishing of the complete genome of the pea aphid. The […]
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