Highlights
International opportunity for young scientists (2011)
In 2011 the Maurice Wilkins Centre launched a new scheme to help its early-career scientists train in cutting-edge technology – and share what they have learned with New Zealand co
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School students get into hot water (2011)
With a blessing from Ngati Hei – and a polite request for tourists to move from their bathing holes – a unique experiment got underway at Hot Water Beach on the Coromandel Peninsul
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Mirror-image proteins - new biology from new chemistry (2011)
Maurice Wilkins Centre investigators are working with a pioneering international chemist to develop new methods for virus and drug research.
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A new toolkit for building virtual humans (2011)
The Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), established by Maurice Wilkins Centre cofounder Professor Peter Hunter, is a lead player in international efforts to build comprehensiv
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New inhibitor for tuberculosis (2011)
A new way to shut down the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis has been devised by researchers in one of the Maurice Wilkins Centre’s longest-standing collaborations.
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Dissecting drug side effects offers hope (2011)
Researchers from the Maurice Wilkins Centre have discovered how a common class of medicines causes diabetes-like symptoms, and their work suggests a promising way of managing these
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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 applied to cancer, through cross-disciplinary links fo
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A blossoming collaboration with Japan (2011)
Formal relationships between the Maurice Wilkins Centre and high-profile Japanese research institutions were established in 2011, and exchange visits have already begun.
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New drug targets treatment-resistant cancer (2011)
A new drug targeting an important group of cancer cells attracted international funding in 2011 and will soon enter clinical trials.
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The future of healthcare is already here (2011)
Tailoring a person’s medical care to their genetic makeup may sound like science fiction, but “personalised medicine” is already here – as scientists and health professionals discu
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