The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is being awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton […]

Northland woman with arterial disease: ‘I don’t trust doctors anymore’  RNZ Kiwi woman pleads for doctors to amputate her […]

Honour my son Zac Gravatt by helping us save people from meningococcal disease, father says  Stuff.co.nz

A combination of two substances secreted by the immune system can cure and prevent rotavirus infection, as well […]

Killer disease found on ramarama in Kaiti – The Gisborne Herald  Gisborne Herald

Pharmac under fire for ‘inhumane’ funding decisions affecting sufferers of severe inflammatory bowel disease  New Zealand Herald

Disease-spreading ticks keep marching north as weather stays warmer  Phys.org

Zimbabwe suspects bacterial disease behind elephant deaths  CNN

Microglia modulate neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases  Science Magazine

Strictly speaking, humans cannot digest complex carbohydrates — that’s the job of bacteria in our large intestines. Scientists […]