The repeal of smoke-free legislation has undone decades of work to reduce inequities in Māori health outcomes, writes Amohia Boulton
In Aotearoa (New Zealand), a country of just over five million people,1 13 people die every day because of smoking or second hand smoke exposure.2 That’s roughly 5000 people a year. For Māori, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa, the effects of smoking are felt even more profoundly. Data from 2020-21 show that almost 20% of all Māori,3 and 26% of Māori adults, smoked.4 Although these numbers are lower than they have been in previous decades, Māori adult smoking rates are still almost three times higher than the rates for adults of European descent,4 putting Māori at greater risk of morbidity and death from cancer, respiratory and cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or a combination of these.567
In addition to generally bearing a greater burden of disease and ill health than non-Māori people of Aotearoa,89 Māori are more likely to have multimorbid
<ul> <li>Adding a new CAR co-stimulatory domain (TLR2) to a conventional CD28-costimulated anti-CD19 CAR T-cell reduces cytokine release syndrome- and neurotoxicity-associated cytokines.</li> <li>25 patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas received CD28/TLR2 co-stimulated anti-CD19 CAR T-cells in a phase 1 dose escalation and expansion trial.</li> <li>No severe CRS and no ICANS neurotoxicity of any grade occurred. Complete responses were seen at doses from 5 × 10<sup>4</sup> to 1 × 10<sup>6</sup> cells/kg.</li> <li>Outpatient therapy and automated manufacture have been established in preparation for a phase 2 trial.</li>
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In the most recent promotion round, 18 Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University staff were promoted to Professor and 25 to Associate Professor. The promotions will take effect from 1 January 2024.
The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) has awarded its prestigious medals for excellence in health research at the Royal Society Te Apārangi Research Honours Aotearoa event at Government House in Wellington this evening. And in a first for .