Highlights
Stem cell pioneer delivers "knockout" lecture (2009)
Stem cells have the capacity to replenish any type of cell in the body. It’s this quality that gives stem cells the potential...
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Study exposes superbug defences (2009)
An international study between scientists from New Zealand and Denmark has revealed exactly how the bacterium Staphylococcus ...
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Professor Peter Hunter awarded nation’s top science honour (2009)
Professor Peter Hunter was presented with the prestigious 2009 Rutherford Medal at the Royal Society of New Zealand’s annual ...
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Mixing with Asia’s best and brightest (2009)
The Maurice Wilkins Centre sponsored two secondary school students and a teacher to attend an Asian regional science camp.
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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)
In December 2009, Maurice Wilkins Centre investigator Associate Professor Michael Hay became the first New Zealand scientist ...
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Help with difficult diagnoses (2009)
Maurice Wilkins Centre technology is helping Auckland Hospital with difficult diagnoses.
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First doctoral students – where are they now? (2009)
In 2008, the first students to receive full scholarships from the Maurice Wilkins Centre graduated with their PhDs.
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Crystals of mirrored proteins (2009)
Maurice Wilkins Centre researchers are using an exciting new crystallisation technique to reveal the structure of proteins.
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