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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...

Claire Henry

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...

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...

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19 Dec 2022

Transforming cancer treatment


Dr Sarah Diermeier and her laboratory team’s intent is to develop innovative dru...

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19 Dec 2022

Re-coding the mysteries of cancer genetics


Leading the cancer genomics efforts of the University of Otago, Christchurch’s M...

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