Cancer

John Key has admitted that patents on medicines will be extended under the Trans Pacific Partnership, which is being locked down at a trade meeting in Hawaii this week. That means it will take much… Audio

The Government is dumping an independent committee which advises the Health Ministry on cancer. Audio

The Ministry of Health has completed its first evaluation of a pilot bowel cancer screening programme underway at Waitemata DHB. Since the beginning of 2012, Waitemata residents aged 50 to 74 have… Audio

A landmark case on patenting the breast cancer gene has begun in the High Court of Australia. Audio

The first report on a bowel cancer screening programme in Waitemata says it's saved lives but more work is needed before the pilot can be rolled out nationally. Audio

Scientists discover a new process, in which mitochondrial DNA is exchanged between cells in the body Audio

Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith and how newborn babies feel pain. Also Facebook gives us some solid evidence of the "echo chamber" effect online, and scientists unveil the prospect of a more… Audio

In less than 20 years a rare contagious cancer has decimated Tasmanian devil numbers by 85 percent, but a vaccine may be on the way Audio

Chief Scientific Officer at St Petersburg University, and head of the Genome 10K project to sequence the genomes of 10,000 invertebrates; visiting New Zealand for the Allan Wilson Centre 2015… Audio

Men with advanced prostate cancer are being offered an expensive new drug that will extend their lives by about five months. Audio

Wellington couple Kevin Norquay and Karen Nimmo were an ordinary family, loving life. Kevin, a journalist, family man and golf fanatic, thought the pain in his back was a slipped disc. It was Stage… Audio

A New Zealand study has concluded that cellphone use does not not increase the risk of brain tumours. Audio

The country's top Cancer research organisation is urging the government to step in and fast track the funding of a new generation of immunotherapy cancer drugs, which are being called a revolution in… Audio

When Australian stand up comic Luke Ryan was told he had cancer, it was like Ground Hog Day. He had fought the dreaded disease once when he was 11 and then when through the terrible ordeal again 11… Audio

The former New Zealand cricket captain Martin Crowe is shunning traditional cancer treatment, as he fights a rare form of lymphoma. Audio

A global shortage of a treatment for bladder cancer has been impacting on patients here with some having their doses cut, and questions remain over security of supply for next year. Gitti Harre is an… Audio