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Centre research features in “Ever Wondered”

25 August 2011

TVNZ New Zealand science programme Ever Wondered dedicated an entire episode, which screened for the first time today, to the research of Maurice Wilkins Centre investigators from

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Second New Zealand anticancer “stealth” drug targeted for clinical development

4 August 2011

A second anticancer “stealth” drug designed by New Zealand scientists has been targeted for clinical development under a collaborative agreement between Proacta Incorporated (San D

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Compound designed in New Zealand starves cancer cells of glucose

4 August 2011

Scientists from the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre (ACSRC) and Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery have designed a new compound that starves certain cancer c

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New Zealand cancer drug to commence clinical trials

13 June 2011

A novel cancer drug designed by scientists from The University of Auckland and Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, and licensed to university spin-out company Pathwa

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New Zealand-designed anti-tumour agent to enter clinical development

7 June 2011

A novel anti-tumour agent, CEN-209, created by New Zealand scientists will enter clinical development under two international agreements announced last week.

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New class of anticancer ‘stealth’ drug proceeds to clinical development

23 February 2011

The first of an exciting new class of anti-cancer drugs designed in New Zealand will proceed to clinical development in the United States, following the announcement today of a dea

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