Health / Te Ao Maori

Changing international guidelines to save Maori lives

13:17 pm on 10 August 2020

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Researchers have managed to get a change to international clinical guidelines to ensure Māori are tested for a gene which causes stomach cancer.

Otago University Professor Parry Guilford explains to Jesse why this gene is more prevalent in Māori and can be identified before a person gets cancer.

Professor Parry Guilford Photo: supplied