08 Jul 2024
Funding awarded to continue critical cancer research
Lung cancer is the greatest single cancer contributor to the life expectancy gap...
09 May 2024
Early onset bowel cancer on the rise
There’s a fresh call for a lowering of the bowel cancer screening age in Aotearo...
01 May 2024
Otago awarded prestigious PM's science prize
The University of Otago’s HDGC Research Group has received the Te Pūiaki Putaiao...
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...
08 Feb 2024
“Check Your Boobs” says Surveying academic
In early 2022, Emily Tidey found a lump on her breast. Following a mastectomy an...
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...
14 Nov 2023
Rapid rise of endometrial cancer in Aotearoa
Healthcare professionals are concerned about the management of endometrial cance...
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...
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...
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...
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...