Highlights

New Otago biotech startup targets cancer

New Otago biotech startup targets cancer

Amaroq Therapeutics, a new biotech startup company with the goal of developing targeted drugs for cancer, has been awarded si...

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Chasing a cancer suspect to cytokinesis

Chasing a cancer suspect to cytokinesis

A potential new way to target aggressive cancers has been identified through a MWC project as part of the research programme ...

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MWC continues to lead the way in NZ cancer vaccine research

MWC continues to lead the way in NZ cancer vaccine research

Immune therapy is one of the most exciting and promising areas of cancer research. Around New Zealand, teams of Maurice Wilki...

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New imaging improves our understanding of the immune system

New imaging improves our understanding of the immune system

Maurice Wilkins Centre researchers have used novel imaging technology to reveal the structure and inner workings of entire ly...

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Building blocks for new medicines

Building blocks for new medicines

The MWC uses New Zealand’s outstanding medicinal chemistry expertise to discover new medicines. A particular kind of chemistr...

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One cancer gene – but several different proteins

One cancer gene – but several different proteins

Cancer arises due to changes in DNA in a single cell.  Many changes are needed over time to a cell’s DNA to make it cancerous...

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Turning the tables on cancer

Turning the tables on cancer

Tumours often contain areas with less oxygen than is found in normal tissues. These areas are less vulnerable to many forms o...

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Mid-term review sets future direction

Mid-term review sets future direction

A comprehensive independent assessment found the Centre to be performing at a high level, producing distinct and positive ben...

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Smarter drug design

Smarter drug design

An advanced experimental technique linked to high powered computation is becoming an increasingly important tool for MWC rese...

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MWC welcomes landmark results for lung cancer drug

MWC welcomes landmark results for lung cancer drug

A novel lung cancer drug with strong development links to the MWC has shown impressive results in a large-scale international...

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Newly funded research highlights MWC collaborations

Newly funded research highlights MWC collaborations

A five-year research programme aims to develop nontoxic vaccine technologies to complement existing cancer immunotherapies.

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The tumour-promoting activities of a famous protein

The tumour-promoting activities of a famous protein

Developing new cancer therapies and a more reliable test for prostate cancer are just some of the potential outcomes of Mauri...

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MWC leads cancer immune therapy conversation

MWC leads cancer immune therapy conversation

The Maurice Wilkins Centre continues to be part of an international drive to develop and improve immune therapy for cancer. I...

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Cancer drug advances to phase II clinical trials

Cancer drug advances to phase II clinical trials

A New Zealand cancer drug developed by two Maurice Wilkins Centre investigators has reached the second phase of clinical tria...

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New therapies - from a new generation (2013)

New therapies - from a new generation (2013)

Nurturing the next generation of scientists is an important part of the Maurice Wilkins Centre’s work – and senior students c...

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New chemistry transforms cancer vaccine (2013)

New chemistry transforms cancer vaccine (2013)

A new kind of chemistry that dramatically simplifies the manufacture of cancer vaccines was created this year by Honours stud...

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Major new cancer vaccine programme (2010)

Major new cancer vaccine programme (2010)

Maurice Wilkins Centre investigators are involved in a major new research programme that aims to develop and trial anti-cance...

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The future of vaccines (2012)

The future of vaccines (2012)

Maurice Wilkins Centre investigator Professor Sarah Hook from the University of Otago is developing new vaccine formulations ...

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A licence to manufacture medicines (2012)

A licence to manufacture medicines (2012)

A licence to manufacture medicines has been granted to a University of Auckland facility that will produce the active ingredi...

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Exquisite networks (2011)

Exquisite networks (2011)

Innovative technology developed to study the heart has been adapted for a unique study of the immune system – and will now be...

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Mapping cellular networks (2010)

Mapping cellular networks (2010)

Maurice Wilkins Centre PhD student Daniel Hurley and colleagues are mapping signalling networks in cancer and have identified...

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Drug selection a milestone for spin-out (2010)

Drug selection a milestone for spin-out (2010)

In 2010 Maurice Wilkins Centre investigators Professors Bill Denny and Peter Shepherd selected a new anticancer drug candidat...

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Doctoral students win international recognition (2010)

Doctoral students win international recognition (2010)

Two medicinal chemistry PhD students supervised by Maurice Wilkins Centre investigator Professor Margaret Brimble have won pr...

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Lighting up lymph nodes (2009)

Lighting up lymph nodes (2009)

Maurice Wilkins Centre researchers have made exciting new discoveries about how human lymph nodes work.

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Kidney cancer researcher scores a first for New Zealand (2009)

Kidney cancer researcher scores a first for New Zealand (2009)

In December 2009, Maurice Wilkins Centre investigator Associate Professor Michael Hay became the first New Zealand scientist ...

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Cancer stealth drug enters clinical development (2010)

Cancer stealth drug enters clinical development (2010)

The first of an exciting new class of anticancer drugs will proceed to clinical development under an international deal annou...

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New Zealand patients trial local cancer drug (2012)

New Zealand patients trial local cancer drug (2012)

Cancer patients in Auckland, Waikato and the United States are participating in the first clinical trial of an exciting new d...

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