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Artificial intelligence in Health Care: Helping asthma patients breathing easier

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Sep 29, 20221 min read

Artificial intelligence in Health Care: Helping asthma patients breathing easier

Read more now in the latest AMRF Newsletter - latest health and medical research and the doctors and scientists supported by donors like you

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VIDEO: Are you curious about the ageing brain? Early-onset dementia

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Aug 3, 202211 min read

VIDEO: Are you curious about the ageing brain? Early-onset dementia

Dr Brigid Ryan works with a NZ family diagnosed with early-onset dementia. She hopes to cure it with early identification and interventions.

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Cultivating better mental wellbeing for refugees

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Jun 20, 20222 min read

Cultivating better mental wellbeing for refugees

Read more about health research benefitting refugee populations in New Zealand on World Refugee Day

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Jun 1, 20221 min read

Simulating surgeries to save lives

Read more now in the latest AMRF Newsletter - latest health and medical research and the doctors and scientists supported by donors like you

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Emerging researcher returning to New Zealand to find link between breast cancer & obesity

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Mar 25, 20221 min read

Emerging researcher returning to New Zealand to find link between breast cancer & obesity

Read more now in the latest AMRF Newsletter - latest research and the researchers supported by donors like you

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Inspired by stem cells: fresh support for research from medical student's initiative

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Mar 18, 20221 min read

Inspired by stem cells: fresh support for research from medical student's initiative

Social enterprise The Stem Shelves Club demonstrates student's appreciation for the importance of medical research through love of plants

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Researchers offered $1.36m rescue package

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Dec 19, 20213 min read

Researchers offered $1.36m rescue package

AMRF launches emergency Covid-19 Relief Fund to ensure recovery of health and medical researchers impacted by the pandemic in Auckland

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Including asthmatic children in their own health decisions

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Aug 10, 20212 min read

Including asthmatic children in their own health decisions

New research will help better support kids to manage their own health decisions, like asthmatic kids who administer their own medicines.

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Early-career award for emerging health sciences researcher

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Aug 3, 20212 min read

Early-career award for emerging health sciences researcher

Dr James McKeage's apparatus for instant needle-free injections isn't science fiction and is being developed here in Auckland

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Improving equity of pharmacist services for older Maōri patients

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Jul 29, 20212 min read

Improving equity of pharmacist services for older Maōri patients

The pharmacist has an important place in healthcare as medicines experts and by being easily accessible by patients. Jo Hikaka explores...

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News about our 'joint' health, midwifery success and more

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Jun 14, 20211 min read

News about our 'joint' health, midwifery success and more

Read more now in the latest AMRF Newsletter. Read about the latest research and the researchers supported by donors like you including:...

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Mar 2, 20212 min read

'Why do I need reading glasses?'

Vision researcher returns to Auckland, bringing cutting-edge techniques to replicate lenses like we see in aged eyes, causing sight problems

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Researchers making strides in stroke, vaccine hesitancy

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Feb 23, 20211 min read

Researchers making strides in stroke, vaccine hesitancy

AMRF's newsletters are a great way to see the real life impact your donation has on the medical research topics that matters most to you.

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Scholarships and Fellowships help start researchers off strongly

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Dec 10, 20202 min read

Scholarships and Fellowships help start researchers off strongly

AMRF made over 50 awards in 2020 for more than $4 million in charitable funding. Read more about scholarship and fellowship recipients.

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Awards for emerging health sciences researchers

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Dec 4, 20202 min read

Awards for emerging health sciences researchers

AMRF is pleased to support postdoctoral research at the SUMMIT2020 symposium with a cash prize for Best Oral Presentation.

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Men's health month: Prostate cancer research

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Nov 1, 20202 min read

Men's health month: Prostate cancer research

Dr Bashar Matti's prostate cancer research, funded by Auckland Medical Research Foundation, will provide important New Zealand-specific data

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Melanoma Awareness Week: Uniting biology and engineering for better treatment of melanoma patients

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Oct 19, 20202 min read

Melanoma Awareness Week: Uniting biology and engineering for better treatment of melanoma patients

A new blood test and device could be used early in immunotherapy like keytruda to improve cancer treatment

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VIDEO: Appendicitis research aiming to improve outcomes for most common surgery for kiwi kids

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Aug 25, 20201 min read

VIDEO: Appendicitis research aiming to improve outcomes for most common surgery for kiwi kids

The 3 Minute Thesis competition is a global initiative to challenge student researchers to succinctly present their work in just 180...

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AMRF

Feb 13, 20204 min read

Striving to Improve Cancer Treatment

Glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer research to describe tumours, target treatment, find a cure and save lives | AMRF

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