Australia’s scientists say the “innovation nation” is crumbling with a study revealing more scientists are considering leaving the profession because of limited career prospects. New research by the Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) revealed almost one in four scientists were “uncertain” about whether they would be employed next year because it was so difficult…

Ten Wellington-based medical researchers received grants in the second funding round of the year from the Research for Life, formerly known as the Wellington Medical Research Foundation. Seven Research Grant applicants received a total of $106,514 to undertake innovative medical research and three Travel Grants totalling $9,700 were approved to assist local researchers meet the…

A Huntly woman will research plants used for traditional Maori medicine in a mission to treat type-2 diabetes. Jonni Koia, a plant and food biologist, said she wanted to find a solution that did not  have the side effects of current diabetes medications, such as heart failure and fluid retention. “Māori herbal medicines have provided relief for many…

Pharmaceutical stocks have been under pressure thanks to the public outcry over drug pricing, but certain companies are doing things right, former Medtronic CEO Bill George told CNBC on Friday. “The ones that are really serious about research, they are going to pay off big time, very big,” he said in an interview with ”…

A text message programme to motivate and support healthy behaviour change in Tongan people with pre-diabetes – to help prevent the onset of diabetes – is one of the Pacific Health research initiatives to be funded next year. The Health Research Council (HRC) has just announced 22 Pacific career development awards for 2017 with nine…

Kathryn Ryan talks with 22 year old Auckland University honours student Tessa Morgan, who’s won a lucrative scholarship to Cambridge University, to research a PhD in palliative care. Listen here  

The impact of the built environment on children’s levels of physical activity will be studied by new Sir Charles Hercus Fellow from the University of Auckland, Associate Professor Melody Smith. She received one of five prestigious Sir Charles Hercus Fellowships awarded by the Health Research Council (HRC) in its latest funding round, and one of…

Men who have spent their lives feeling ashamed of their saggy sperm satchel no longer need to suffer, writes Ben Pobjie. With Scrotox, we can finally give wrinkly scrotums the sack. The printing press. The refrigerator. Those stickers you put on your door telling salespeople not to knock. Human history has seen many inventions that…

Five AUT scholars were yesterday announced as recipients of the Health Research Council’s 2017 career development awards. The awards recognise New Zealand’s outstanding emerging talent, and seek to foster the country’s health research workforce by enabling sought-after development opportunities. Read more

The ‘silent epidemic’ of chronic pain is the focus of University of Auckland research awarded $500,000 in funding over four years from the Health Research Council of New Zealand which is also funding a study on sexual violence prevention and tuberculosis (TB). School of Biological Sciences Research Fellow Christopher Walker says daily, unrelenting pain is…