A new drug shows promise for treating both #HeartFailure and #SleepApnea. The drug, known as AF-130, was tested in an animal model at @AucklandUni, where researchers found it improved the heart's ability to pump and also prevented sleep apnea. https://t.co/ZvuEwzA6iU @FMHS_UoA

Signing (shouting) out to @Kara__Tech a small start-up with a big vision: making the lives of deaf people as easy as those of hearing people. @Deaf_Aotearoa

Mental health apps have limits but can be useful. SPARX, an e-therapy game for young people supported by @NIHI_NZ, is featured in @TheSpinoffTV in an exploration of digital wellbeing tools.

Congratulations to UniServices-backed @FormusLabs, which has received 510(k) clearance from the US FDA for Formus Hip as the first automated radiological image processing software for hip replacement pre-op planning. @nzherald (paywall):

New research by Growing Up in New Zealand has found 7% of 12-year-olds experienced homelessness at some point in the last few years. About one in five moves were involuntary - i.e. lease termination, financial difficulty or family separation.

New research by @GrowingUpinNZ shows one in six 12-year-olds live in food-insecure households. The research also found government support wasn’t enough for most families experiencing food insecurity.

#Medtech could be New Zealand's next big sector. @AucklandUni and UniServices are helping drive the growth of companies such as @Alimetry_Ltd, @CeryxL, @FormusLabs, @heartlabnz, @JUNOFEMhealth and @Opumtech. @ABI_bioeng @businessdesk_nz

Ngā Tauira Māori and @Velocityuoa bring you Whiua ki te Ao! Speakers will share their journeys of Māori innovation and entrepreneurship, then a workshop will introduce the basics of starting a business. Event 2 May, 6-8pm. Register at Eventbrite:

Congratulations @JUNOFEMhealth on being nominated for the 2023 @NZHiTechAwards. femfit® is a clinically-proven training system to resolve urinary incontinence. #entrepreneur #femaleentrepreneur

Passionate about sustainability? Register for Velocity's free Sustainability and Innovation Workshop, Thu 27 April at 6pm. You'll hear insights from a panel of founders and innovators with sustainability at the core of their practice.

Tāmaki Makaurau is a hotbed of cleantech activity! Find out more about Vortex Power systems and three other leading local companies. UniServices has been involved with Vortex through the University of Auckland Inventors' Fund and Return on Science. https://t.co/aEhrzBoUBu

The Velocity ideas challenge is now taking entries! Showcase your problem-solving idea in 1,000 words for the chance to win $1,000. A template is available to help you out and the prize categories are social, environmental and economic. https://t.co/ONJnQx41P5

Click to read our latest newsletter, which examines Medtech's role in individual and societal health, along with interesting content from across UniServices. Subscribe on our website. https://t.co/spmSLcOeou

Want to find real solutions to the climate emergency? Register free for a fast-paced Climate Solutions Workshop on 17 April. Test your thinking and have the opportunity to enter the Velocity Ideas Challenge. Open to grad students, researchers and staff.

Rehab exercises for #stroke are usually monotonous and solitary. @AucklandUni researchers are developing an augmented reality game to strengthen mind, body and social connection. #medtech @uoacompsci @FMHS_UoA https://t.co/ViG9MRRbF6

Today is World Tuberculosis Day, promoted by the WHO to increase leadership and investment towards the year's theme 'Yes! We can end TB!' University of Auckland researchers have taken three new TB drugs to clinical trial, with an amazing success rate. https://t.co/lVlyHMhelB

What if, instead of having to sew tiny arteries together, a surgeon could use a device to connect them? Avasa, an @ABI_bioeng spin-out, aims to make microvascular surgery quicker and safer by bringing an arterial coupler to market. #medtech @AucklandUni https://t.co/26mmAQebiz

NASA leaders Pamela Melroy and Senator Bill Nelson visited Te Pūnaha Ātea, The Space Institute earlier this week and praised NZ's space capabilities. The duo, who have both been to space, hope to see NZ students take up NASA internships. #GoodReadFriday https://t.co/xnC0Q65syt

Kiwifruit, lamb – and medical technologies? Medtech-iQ Aotearoa is a national project that aims to make New Zealand a leader in #medtech by creating an ecosystem that links researchers, healthcare, communities, start-ups and investors. @AucklandUni https://t.co/V6xrTJW7Y6

A neurological drug, Trofinetide, discovered by University of Auckland scientist Dame Margaret Brimble has just won FDA approval to treat Rett syndrome. UniServices has worked closely with Margaret in the past and helped establish Neuren Pharmaceuticals. https://t.co/7ILPJyXnNH