New Zealand entrepreneur and benefactor Mr Owen Glenn has agreed to support the establishment of a Chair in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics within the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre at The University of Auckland.

A Massey University researcher has found that less data, not more, is desirable when it comes to the study of genetic demography.

College of Sciences staff members teaching scientists from throughout New Zealand how to read complex genome sequences have had to turn people away.

"Knowledge is the main driver of today's global economy," said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurra at the launch of the OECD Innovation Strategy in Paris. "Countries need to harness innovation and entrepreneurship to boost growth and employment.

Green MP Sue Kedgley, a long-standing opponent of the sunbed industry, made a statement yesterday calling again for regulation of New Zealand sunbed operators.