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Antidepressant helps prevent heart problems – Expert Q&A

Antidepressant helps prevent heart problems – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 25 July 201811 February 2019

A popular antidepressant has been shown to prevent further heart problems in people with depression and a history of heart […]

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UPDATED: Funding new medicines in NZ – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 17 April 201528 March 2016

Funding new medicines in New Zealand can take over eight years and recommending a drug as high priority does not […]

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2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 07 October 201428 March 2016

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been jointly awarded to Professor John O’Keefe of University College London’s […]

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Sunday Star Times: Our bright sparks

In the News  |  Published: 15 November 2010

Adam Dudding writes in the Sunday Star Times about the involvement of kiwi scientist Dr David Krofcheck in the Large […]

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Dom Post: Bright idea for medical breakthroughs

In the News  |  Published: 14 June 201017 June 2010

Kiran Chug writes in the Dominion Post about the multiple uses New Zealand’s glow-worms could be put to: from helping […]

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UC/CERN collaboration leads to colour x-rays

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 16 December 200916 December 2009

An international collaboration involving New Zealand researchers has resulted in a world-first: colour x-ray technology. The Medipix All Resolution System […]

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Dom Post: New Zealand scientists find new cancer drug

In the News  |  Published: 30 November 2009

Ruth Hill of the Dominion Post reports on a new class of anti-cancer drugs, developed by New Zealand scientists from […]

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