Wellington-based medical researchers have received up to $63,680 in Research For Life’s first funding round for 2024. Research For Life funds innovative quality research undertaken by researchers in the early stages of their careers who, through their work, will advance the quality of healthcare in the Wellington region and... Keep Reading
In 2013, work between Sydney-based Professor Wolfgang Weninger, Dr Ben Roediger and Malaghan Institute PhD student Ryan Kyle[1] - under the supervision of Professor Graham Le Gros - resulted in the discovery and characterisation of a new immune cell in the skin capable of driving atopic inflammation. The results of this work were published in the.. Keep Reading
At the start of 2016, Malaghan Institute scientist Mike Berridge published ground-breaking research in which he showed that mitochondria, little powerhouses that fuel each cell, can shuttle between individual cells and transfer DNA. DNA transfer between animal cells was considered impossible, and the work describes a fundamentally new process that. Keep Reading
Two of New Zealand's top biomedical researchers have achieved what's considered a "gold medal" in global science -- chalking up 1000 citations of a landmark paper they published 22 years ago. The 1993 study led by Professor Mike Berridge and research fellow An Tan, both of the Wellington-based Malaghan Institute, is now the most cited original... Keep Reading
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