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OPSA withdraws from NZUSA

by Rory MacDonald | 11:46 pm, 25/07/2010

The Otago University Polytechnic Student’s Association (OPSA) has officially withdrawn from the New Zealand University Student’s Association.


Vitamin C Just Keeps Getting Better

by Calida Smylie | 11:45 pm, 25/07/2010

A University of Otago study published in the latest edition of the Cancer Research journal has found that Vitamin C may help fight cancer.


Abuse Link to Mental Illness Uncovered

by Teuila Fuatai | 11:43 pm, 25/07/2010

A University of Otago study has found that children who suffer abuse are more likely to develop psychiatric problems later in life.


Otago Gains $3.2 Million in Grants

by Kat Guise | 11:40 pm, 25/07/2010

Researchers at the University of Otago have been awarded $3.2 million by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.


International Cultural Night

by Staff Reporter | 3:49 am, 20/07/2010

The OUSA International Cultural Council is holding its ‘Around the World in an Evening 2010’ night on Saturday 24 July.


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Rabbit Virus Vaccine for Cancer.

by Gregor Whyte | 2:33 pm 11/07/2010


A University of Otago team has developed a potential cure for colo-rectal cancer based on a virus that affects rabbits. The therapy is now moving closer to human trials, the ODT reported last week. Dr Sarah Young, an immunologist at the University of Otago, says the treatment is “like gold in our hands.” In tests on mice, it has performed remarkably in attacking tumors. The researchers hope to move to human trials within a relatively short time frame, perhaps as soon as late 2011.

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