One in six New Zealanders is disabled. Why does so much health research still exclude them?
Disabled people encounter all kinds of barriers to accessing health care—and not simply because some face significant mobility challenges.
Apr 17, 2025
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Natural Science Disciplines: News and Research on Science
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Federal funding cuts would 'decimate' medical research, expert warns
Federal cuts to funding could "decimate" medical research in the United States, delaying cures and costing countless lives, according to a leader in cancer research.
Apr 8, 2025
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Powerful new software platform could reshape biomedical research by making data analysis more accessible
A powerful new software platform called the Playbook Workflow Builder is set to transform biomedical research by allowing scientists to conduct complex and customized data analyses without advanced programming skills.
Apr 3, 2025
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Unveiling the 'functionome': Online resource describes functions of more than 20,000 human genes
A new resource from the Gene Ontology Consortium, a comprehensive encyclopedia of the known functions of all protein-coding human genes, has been completed and released on a new website. For the first time, researchers from ...
Feb 26, 2025
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Opinion: Medical research depends on government money—even a day's delay throws science off-kilter
In the early days of the second Trump administration, a directive to pause all public communication from the Department of Health and Human Services created uncertainty and anxiety among biomedical researchers in the U.S. ...
Jan 28, 2025
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Ontario is profiting from online betting, but at what cost to problem gambling?
In April 2022, Ontario became the first province in Canada to regulate online gambling and sports. This opened the door to an industry that brought in $1.4 billion in revenue over the next year, making Ontario one of North ...
Jan 19, 2025
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Libraries boost translational science with collaborative resources and expertise
Academic health sciences libraries play a pivotal role in advancing clinical and translational science, offering services that span the entire research lifecycle. As essential partners in the success of clinical and translational ...
Jan 13, 2025
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Unmasking the voices of experience in health care studies
Researchers are calling for a formal process that recognizes and acknowledges the invaluable contributions of those with lived experience in health care research.
Nov 26, 2024
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Report addresses responsible use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research
A report released from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Health and Medicine Division addresses the responsible use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research and is a call to action for biomedical ...
Nov 20, 2024
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Dyslexia can actually be an advantage for university researchers
Many people may think of dyslexia as a reading difficulty, or the occasional embarrassing mix-up of letters. For years, I thought that too. But as a dyslexic academic who has spent much of my life wrangling with academic ...
Nov 12, 2024
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