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  • No gout about it

    Promising gout trials
    13 July, 2010

    A potential treatment for gout co-invented by IRL is showing promising results in human trials being conducted in the US.

  • Singing GlycoSyn's song stateside

    Richard Lauricella
    13 July, 2010

    Richard Lauricella has always had a passion for people and science—an ideal combination in his new role as US-based Business Development Manager for IRL’s drug development and manufacturing group, GlycoSyn.

  • Dynamic duo

    Handheld dynamometer collaboration
    13 July, 2010

    A collaboration between IRL and its Taiwanese counterpart, the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), has resulted in the joint development of a unique product that is nearing market entry.

  • Kung fu master

    Wii game
    25 March, 2010

    When IRL assistive devices researcher Marcus King walked in the door of Stickmen Studios, it was a rare, possibly unique event. Movement scientists have been exploring the integration of science techniques and game technology for several years, but until now there has not been a licensed game that incorporates movement science.

  • Virtual vermin

    Gerbil
    25 March, 2010

    Millions of stroke survivors worldwide could benefit from technology IRL has developed that uses virtual reality and assistive devices to speed up the rehabilitation process.

  • IRL scientists scoop PM’s Science Prize

    9 March, 2010

    Two of New Zealand’s pre-eminent scientists, whose work enabled the creation of a new, high-value industry for New Zealand, were today jointly awarded the inaugural Prime Minister’s Science Prize.

  • Scientists on trail of squeaky hip mystery

    Hip prosthesis
    30 June, 2009

    When an undercover police officer realised his squeaking hip implant was jeopardising covert surveillance work, his surgeon turned to IRL to help solve the problem.

  • Ultrasound researcher scoops international award

    Andrew Dawson
    28 June, 2009

    Ultrasound researcher Andrew Dawson has been named the winner of a prestigious international student innovation competition.

  • Handheld foetal heartbeat monitor shows promise

    Foetal heartbeat
    29 March, 2009

    Mothers-to-be may be able to listen to their babies’ heartbeat at home as the result of promising new research by IRL scientists and their collaborators at Victoria University.

  • New mobility hope for hip dysplasia children

    Hip dysplasia standing frame
    20 December, 2008

    A revolutionary new standing frame currently being developed in New Zealand could allow upright mobility for children who are forced to spend up to three months lying horizontal in an immobilising plaster cast, due to hip dysplasia or upper-leg fractures.