Biomedical and clinical sciences

How first-aid gel made from snake venom could control battlefield bleeding

uqccla15 — Sun, 19 May 2024 22:52:17 +0000

3 May 2024A partnership between the biomaterials research team and the US Department of Defense has harnessed two proteins from deadly snake venom that can help stop bleeding at a faster rate than ever before.

Defence, cyber and space

Designing technology for tomorrow

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Do I need the new COVID booster?

uqccla15 — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:57:00 +0000

1 December 2023What are the new COVID booster vaccines? Can I get one? Do they work? And are they safe?

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

What are the new COVID booster vaccines?

uqccla15 — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:55:14 +0000

1 November 2023Can I get one? Do they work? Are they safe? Associate Professor Paul Griffin explains.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

��̽�� to establish world-leading vaccine lab

uqccla15 — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 02:45:05 +0000

3 November 2023Work is underway at ��̽��'s BASE facility to produce nRMA vaccines and therapies for clinical trials.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

PM awards innovation prize to ��̽�� venom researcher

uqccla15 — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 03:05:23 +0000

17 October 2023When Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation recipient Professor Glenn King wanted to develop bee-friendly insecticides, he sought help from unexpected allies. This is his story.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Leading healthy lives

‘Google Human’: designing a map for the cells in the body

uqccla15 — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 04:02:04 +0000

7 August 2023What if we could design a computer application like Google Earth where scientists can zoom in to see not land or buildings, but microscopic human cells up close – and so spot disease?

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Designing technology for tomorrow

Digital technology

Joy Wolfram: Nanoparticles, fire trucks, and changing our approach to cancer

uqccla15 — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 02:38:06 +0000

7 July 2023Joy's mission is to essentially reshape what we know about the medical landscape, after losing a close friend to cancer.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

From the NBA to FNQ: bringing sports science on Country

uqccla15 — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 23:40:53 +0000

15 June 2023Yarrabah in Far North Queensland is a long way from the packed stadiums of the NBA. But First Nations sport scientist Emily Hall is comfortable putting a sneaker clad foot in both camps.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Transforming societies

Volunteers needed for ‘Clamp2’ vaccine testing

uqccla15 — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 21:30:16 +0000

20 March 2023Seventy healthy volunteers are needed for a study at the Nucleus Network in Brisbane to demonstrate the potential benefits of ��̽��'s second-generation molecular clamp vaccine.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Designing technology for tomorrow

Rheumatoid arthritis breakthrough first of its kind

uqccla15 — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 03:59:54 +0000

13 February 2023Participants between the ages of 20 and 64 received 1 of 3 different doses. Eight weeks later, all the participants in 2 of the dose groups (half of the total group) were in remission.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Demand booms for experimental mRNA from ��̽�� BASE

uqccla15 — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 21:17:37 +0000

12 January 2023A University of Queensland team has become the biggest supplier of experimental mRNA vaccines and therapies in Australia, with burgeoning demand from research and industry across the country.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Paving the way for new oral HIV treatments

uqccla15 — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 02:02:38 +0000

20 December 2022Dr Felicity Han says there's room for improvement when it comes to the painful injections that many people living with HIV endure each day.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Designing technology for tomorrow

Public and allied health

Stem cells, growing brains, and the quest to cure deadly diseases

uqccla15 — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 23:16:08 +0000

2 December 2022The problem, according to Professor Ernst Wolvetang, is that the brain he wants to study is usually still inside someone’s skull. So that’s why he grows his own.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Building better bioeconomies

Clamp2 provides vaccine hope for future pandemics

uqccla15 — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 01:01:17 +0000

25 November 2022The University of Queensland is set to take a second-generation molecular clamp vaccine to a human trial.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Designing technology for tomorrow

Stopping Alzheimer's in its tracks

uqccla15 — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 23:24:47 +0000

20 October 2022Researchers at ��̽��’s Queensland Brain Institute have been studying ‘roadblocks’ in the brain and believe they are now on track to eliminating them – and possibly Alzheimer’s disease itself.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Leading healthy lives

Research centre to unlock nature’s hidden powers

uqccla15 — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 21:54:19 +0000

1 September 2022Using deadly spider venom to treat heart attacks and curing chlamydia in koalas are among new discoveries being developed at a national research centre headquartered at ��̽��'s Institute for Molecular Bioscience.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Endometriosis and ovarian cancer genetically tied

uqccla15 — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 00:52:20 +0000

7 April 2022Researchers have found a genetic link between endometriosis and ovarian cancer subtypes. Dr Sally Mortlock explains.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

WATCH: What drives the down syndrome condition?

uqccla15 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 22:47:19 +0000

1 April 2022Tiny ‘live’ brain models are being used at The University of Queensland to study a condition causing high-functioning young people with down syndrome to suddenly regress. See how it works.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Hearts by design

uqccla15 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 04:01:37 +0000

5 January 2022Dr Melissa Reichelt's research group has recently been designing and making their own viruses to control the cells in the heart.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Going viral with Dr Kym Lowry

uqccla15 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 03:51:41 +0000

4 January 2022Dr Lowry, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Microbial Diagnostics and Characterisation Group, is currently researching the types of respiratory viruses that have circulated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

WATCH: What is it about the COVID virus that causes a high risk of blood clots?

uqccla15 — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 23:33:59 +0000

4 November 2021The SARS-CoV-2 virus does not infect blood vessels, despite the high risk of blood clots to COVID-19 patients, University of Queensland researchers have found.

COVID-19

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Predictive agriculture: The art of understanding uncertainty

uqccla15 — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 21:26:50 +0000

3 November 2021“What we try to do as scientists is provide a whole series of tools that help plant breeders make better predictions about how to design a new variety that will work on that farm or work in that particular environment."

Agribusiness

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Energy, water and resources

Social understanding

WATCH: Tracking nanoparticles in living organisms

uqccla15 — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 04:03:08 +0000

26 October 2021Professor Robert Parton explains how nanotechnology is being used to target diseased cells.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Designing technology for tomorrow

Digital technology

New brain research offers hope for PTSD, anxiety and depression

uqccla15 — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:15:50 +0000

10 September 2021Professor Pankaj Sah's laboratory uses a combination of electrophysiology, imaging and cutting-edge molecular tools to unravel the impact fear can have on the brain.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Leading healthy lives

Social understanding

Transforming societies

'No need to panic' about viral variant found in South Africa

uqccla15 — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:18:35 +0000

2 September 2021Scientists in South Africa have discovered a new viral variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

COVID-19

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Transforming societies

How magical are Australia’s native magic mushrooms?

uqccla15 — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 04:23:21 +0000

30 August 2021A ��̽�� researcher believes the global magic mushroom industry is where the medical cannabis industry was 15 years ago. Could they be used medically in future?

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Social understanding

Pain out of paradise: the tropical snails revolutionising chronic pain

uqccla15 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:54:44 +0000

23 August 2021Chronic pain is a life-altering condition that affects one in five Australians, but the answer to this devastating condition could come from an animal with a deadly sting.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Leading healthy lives

Queensland’s own gympietides hold hope for new painkillers

uqccla15 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:49:07 +0000

23 August 2021The Gympie Gympie tree, native to Queensland and northern NSW, has become much more than just a bushwalker’s menace.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Leading healthy lives

No, COVID-19 does not enter our DNA

uqccla15 — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 05:22:28 +0000

30 July 2021University of Queensland researchers are refuting claims that COVID-19 can enter a person’s DNA.

COVID-19

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Social understanding

Tackling concussion head-on

uqccla15 — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 22:39:22 +0000

19 August 2021Athletes are helping a neuroscientist from QBI tackle the problem of concussion in sport head-on with the aim of developing a quick and cheap test measuring brain recovery.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Designing technology for tomorrow

Digital technology

Leading healthy lives

Visionary surgeon targets further world firsts

uqccla15 — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 21:24:47 +0000

30 July 2021“The most insane thing I have ever done” is how Dr Michael Wagels described the world-first reconstruction of 36 centimetres of a patient’s tibia.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Designing technology for tomorrow

Digital technology

Increasing the accuracy of early ovarian cancer detection

uqccla15 — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 03:11:29 +0000

26 July 2021A test being developed in Queensland could help to reduce the high mortality rate from ovarian cancer by dramatically improving the accuracy of early detection.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Repairing hearts with deadly spider venom

uqccla15 — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 21:09:09 +0000

16 July 2021A potentially life-saving treatment for heart attack victims has been discovered from a very unlikely source – the venom of one of the world’s deadliest spiders.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Leading healthy lives

What is COVAX-19? Australia's most advanced COVID vaccine candidate

uqccla15 — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 22:56:46 +0000

23 June 2021The most advanced of our local COVID vaccines in development is a shot called “COVAX-19” by South Australian-based biotech, Vaxine.

COVID-19

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Social understanding

Transforming societies

We found more than 54,000 viruses in people’s poo — and 92% were previously unknown to science

uqccla15 — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 21:33:07 +0000

25 June 2021You could say there are a 'crapload' of viruses in the human gut. Luckily, most of these do not attack our cells, but instead feed on bacteria.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Non-invasive potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

uqccla15 — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 22:52:16 +0000

23 June 2021Ultrasound can overcome some of the detrimental effects of ageing and dementia without the need to cross the blood-brain barrier, researchers at The University of Queensland have found.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

‘Tiny first responders’ use powers for good against skin cancer

uqccla15 — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 21:49:15 +0000

8 June 2021Researchers investigating a group of microscopic cells have discovered they can put the brakes on the rapid development of melanoma lesions.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Corals and fruit flies aid understanding of anaesthesia

uqccla15 — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 22:39:20 +0000

3 June 2021Using light-emitting corals, fruit flies and powerful microscopy, Queensland Brain Institute researchers are working to better understand the effects of general anaesthesia on the brain.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Australian heart attack survival among best in world – but could be better

uqccla15 — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 22:24:04 +0000

7 June 2021A study has found 62.3 per cent of heart attack sufferers in Australia and New Zealand lived a further seven years or more.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Q&A with Dr Jared Miles

uqccla15 — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 21:53:56 +0000

4 June 2021��̽�� graduate and registered pharmacist Dr Jared Miles is one of nine new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander academics creating change.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Needle-free COVID-19 vaccine shows promise

uqccla15 — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 22:44:23 +0000

3 June 2021A needle-free COVID-19 vaccination could be possible, with University of Queensland scientists successfully protecting mice from the virus by administering a US-developed vaccine candidate with a ‘patch’.

COVID-19

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Transforming societies

Getting stoned: revealing the mysteries of stonefish venom

uqccla15 — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 03:16:28 +0000

1 June 2021University of Queensland scientists working to unlock the mysteries Australia’s deadly stonefish have made a discovery which could change how sting victims are treated in the future.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

The 'high' cost of substance abuse

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 01:53:12 +0000

10 September 2018To celebrate Research Week 2018, ��̽�� is proud to share how ��̽�� research is creating change, right across the world, every day. Discover how our researchers are collaborating with research partners both in Australia and abroad to tackle substance abuse head-on.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

Taking the sting out of pain

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 01:37:15 +0000

25 July 2018A ��̽�� team is using an unlikely approach to develop medicines for chronic pain, epilepsy and stroke – venom.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Aiming to end endo

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 01:32:29 +0000

3 July 2018��̽�� researchers are working hard to help our daughters in the battle against endometriosis, a crippling disease that affects 10 per cent of women of child-bearing age.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

Reducing the cost of dementia

uqccla15 — Thu, 27 May 2021 01:05:04 +0000

27 May 2021What if dementia could be prevented? ��̽�� PhD economics candidate and 3MT finalist Sabrina Lenzen believes this may be possible.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Antivenom's fatal flaw

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 06:21:32 +0000

21 February 2018A ��̽�� researcher is working to change a toxic attitude towards antivenom manufacturing, which adds to a mounting death toll and plunges communities into poverty.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Memory makers

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 06:14:06 +0000

6 January 2018Building on forty years of existing research, ��̽�� neuroscientists are now conducting clinical trials to prove that exercise can prevent and reverse cognitive decline, such as dementia.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Breath of Life

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 02:19:39 +0000

5 January 2018��̽��'s Professor David Cliff is working to help stop deadly black lung disease before it begins.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Impact

Helping stop septic shock

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 02:15:26 +0000

5 January 2018With the failure of a ‘one size fits all’ approach, ��̽�� researchers are collaborating with The George Institute for Global Health to create a genomic resource to help develop personalised treatment options for septic shock.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Long live health

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 02:08:23 +0000

5 January 2018��̽��'s Emeritus Professor Jake Najman is behind one of the longest-running studies of mothers and children in the world, producing results that have changed the way medical researchers think about what 'passes down the line'.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

The (pink) elephant in the room

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 02:00:53 +0000

5 January 2018Once breast cancer spreads to the brain it is inevitably fatal within months, but ��̽�� researchers are working to try and improve this outlook.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

'Pollen package' packing a punch

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 01:51:24 +0000

5 January 2018Inspired by nature, ��̽�� researchers are mimicking the structure of pollen to create more effective antimicrobial medicines, helping to tackle one of the biggest threats facing humanity – antibiotic resistance.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Unnatural High

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 01:45:05 +0000

5 January 2018Esteemed ��̽�� researcher Jake Najman’s drug and alcohol research stretches across decades, documenting ever-evolving attitudes towards substance use

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Scientists rewrite the genesis of mosquito-borne viruses

uqccla15 — Mon, 24 May 2021 00:52:43 +0000

17 May 2021Better designed vaccines for insect-spread viruses like dengue and Zika are likely after researchers discovered models of immature flavivirus particles were originally misinterpreted.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

A sweet pill to swallow

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:53:29 +0000

29 March 2019Thanks to pioneering ��̽�� research, people suffering from inflammatory bowel disease and rare blood disorders worldwide could soon benefit from safer and more convenient treatments.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

Pioneering vision saves lives

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:46:24 +0000

5 January 2018Across the globe, more than eight billion scans have been completed to date using world-leading magnetic resonance imaging technology developed at ��̽��.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Out of Africa

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:11:51 +0000

3 April 2020How an African herbal tea launched a revolutionary line of medicine.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Impact

So long, superbugs – crowdsourcing is here

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 04:39:17 +0000

1 May 2018By creating the world’s first molecule bank, ��̽�� scientists are working with industry and institutional partners to crowdsource antibiotic compounds, aiming to seek out new antibiotics and prevent the proliferation of drug-resistant superbugs.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

Not such a pain

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 04:32:48 +0000

3 January 2018Chronic pain is very hard to live with but, thanks to the perseverance of ��̽�� pharmaceutical research, help may soon be at hand for the millions of people around the world in desperate need of respite.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

World-first skin cancer treatment aims to help transplant patients

uqccla15 — Fri, 21 May 2021 03:38:35 +0000

21 May 2021A new medication which can be applied to the skin could help prevent organ transplant recipients from developing harmful skin cancers.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Jab-free dengue immunity could be just a click away

uqccla15 — Sun, 16 May 2021 22:06:00 +0000

13 May 2021"To properly fight this terrible disease, we’ve engineered a vaccine candidate based on a platform technology that uses an Australian insect virus called Binjari virus," ��̽�� PhD candidate Jovin Choo said.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Unlocking the immune system to help repair the brain

uqccla15 — Sun, 16 May 2021 21:58:39 +0000

14 May 2021A discovery by The University of Queensland researchers could change the way brain injury and traumas are treated in the future.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

How brain pacemakers are giving patients their lives back

uqccla15 — Fri, 14 May 2021 05:00:58 +0000

14 May 2021Deep brain stimulation is providing a fresh start for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder patients.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Designing technology for tomorrow

Drug target pathway could unlock treatments for diabetes, cancer and COVID

uqccla15 — Wed, 12 May 2021 22:07:00 +0000

11 May 2021Scientists have visualised and investigated a key molecular pathway that could one day help treat inflammation, diabetes, cancer, infectious diseases and potentially even COVID-19.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

From cannabis cream to antibiotic dream

uqccla15 — Wed, 12 May 2021 04:19:41 +0000

12 May 2021Researchers at ��̽��’s Centre for Superbug Solutions believe they may have found a new class of antibiotics effective against drug-resistant bacteria – all from being asked to help characterise an acne cream.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Public and allied health

'Living fossil' provides key clues to brain evolution

uqccla15 — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:36:10 +0000

9 April 2021The rare Queensland lungfish, often called a living fossil, is helping Queensland Brain Institute researchers challenge our scientific understanding of brain evolution.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Australian-first clinical trial shows brain stimulation can treat severe OCD

uqccla15 — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 04:07:36 +0000

21 April 2021Deep brain stimulation has been found to help people with severe obsessive compulsive disorder that has not responded to other treatment, in a clinical trial led by ��̽�� researchers.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Study shows clamp technology promising for future vaccine development

uqccla15 — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 01:37:08 +0000

20 April 2021A ��̽�� researcher said 99 per cent of vaccinated participants in the study produced a neutralising immune response.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Scientists untangle a new process leading to dementia

uqclayt — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 04:08:49 +0000

2 February 2021Queensland Brain Institute researchers have discovered a new ‘seeding’ process in brain cells that could be a cause of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Formula One legend helps in race to cure dementia

uqclayt — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 04:01:43 +0000

22 January 2021A Queensland Brain Institute researcher will be putting the pedal to the metal to win the race against dementia after being awarded a fellowship from Formula One legend Sir Jackie Stewart.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Researchers hunt venom clues in deadly jellyfish

uqclayt — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 03:42:19 +0000

4 February 2021The deadly toxins of box jellyfish remain a mystery, ��̽�� researcher says.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Gut health and mood genetically entwined

uqclayt — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 03:12:59 +0000

25 February 2021Stomach ulcers are linked to depression, say researchers who conducted the world’s largest study of genetic factors in peptic ulcer disease.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

More Australians use psychedelics to self-treat mental health

uqclayt — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 02:22:51 +0000

5 March 2021Some Australians are turning to psychedelic drugs to self-treat mental illness and emotional distress, a research study involving ��̽�� has revealed.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Study investigates PFAS changes in blood

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 03:45:07 +0000

3 March 2021Questions about PFAS exposure in rural Australia will be the subject of a ��̽�� study, with affected residents invited to participate.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Chemotherapy with fewer side effects may be on the way

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 03:14:20 +0000

15 March 2021A discovery by ��̽�� pain researchers may allow some future cancer patients to avoid their chemotherapy’s worst and most debilitating side effects.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Keeping COVID-19 vaccine cold in PNG without reliable electricity

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 03:01:44 +0000

19 March 2021Australia is sending 8,000 vaccine doses to PNG – but without reliable electricity, how will they be kept cold?

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

IUD saving fertility for women with cancer

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 02:55:55 +0000

22 March 2021A common intrauterine device could help preserve fertility and reduce the need for hysterectomies for women suffering endometrial cancer, according to ��̽�� research.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Virtual reality to help patients speak up

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 01:12:06 +0000

31 March 2021Immersive virtual reality (VR) technology could help speech pathologists treat communication disorders, according to ��̽�� research.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Suicidality among childbearing women a major challenge

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:53:10 +0000

9 April 2021A study by ��̽�� researchers has highlighted the need to improve mental health assessments and pathways to care for childbearing women who experience suicidality.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

‘Catch-22’ scenario good news for some cancer patients

uqclayt — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 07:25:12 +0000

24 March 2021Traits that allow cancer cells to escape the body’s natural defence system and develop into tumours are actually a good indicator to a patient’s survival prognosis, according to ��̽�� researchers.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Vaccines alone won’t keep Australia safe in 2021. Here’s what else we need to do

uqsoutra — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:14:42 +0000

15 December 2020Australia’s response to the COVID pandemic has been a spectacular success, but has come at significant economic and broader health costs. To avoid another surge in case numbers, it is crucial that we plan for the coming months as we head into 2021.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Update on ��̽�� COVID-19 vaccine

uqsoutra — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 01:04:15 +0000

11 December 2020Following consultation with the Australian Government, CSL will not progress the ��̽�� COVID-19 vaccine candidate to Phase 2/3 clinical trials.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Can we be reinfected with COVID-19 after recovery?

uqsoutra — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 01:10:49 +0000

21 October 2020Actual re-infection that has been confirmed with genetic sequencing has now been reported in a few rare cases worldwide, indicating that it is indeed possible.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

VIDEO: Two experts on the race for a COVID-19 vaccine

uqsoutra — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 01:04:37 +0000

12 November 2020How hopeful should Australians and New Zealanders be about COVID-19 vaccines becoming available in 2021? And what do we need to learn from 2020 and this pandemic as we speed towards the new year?

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Queensland-made proteins and sophisticated antibody test for COVID-19 detection

uqsoutra — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:02:58 +0000

9 November 2020Locally made coronavirus proteins produced in a state-of-the-art laboratory in Brisbane are proving highly useful in a sophisticated blood test for COVID-19.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

COVID-19 Know the facts

uqsoutra — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 03:11:48 +0000

4 November 2020Can we really expect our lives to go back to normal in a post-vaccine world? Professor Ian Frazer and Dr Kirsty Short are back to answer the COVID-19 questions on all of our minds.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Podcast: The neurological effects of COVID-19

uqsoutra — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 05:48:01 +0000

28 October 2020New research born out of collaborations with virologists and neuroscience here at QBI has shown that coronavirus has co-opted a clever entry mechanism to get into cells - including neurons.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Bound by infection: identifying how COVID-19 interacts with cells

uqsoutra — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:54:39 +0000

21 October 2020An international team has found a way to potentially prevent the novel coronavirus from infecting cells, as well as clues as to why it is more infectious than similar viruses.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Funding allows researchers to uncover the secrets of COVID-19 immunity

uqsoutra — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:28:47 +0000

12 October 2020Federal funding will help a team of researchers determine how long immunity lasts in people who’ve recovered from COVID-19, critical information as the world waits for a vaccine.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Queensland Science making a difference

uqsoutra — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 04:25:07 +0000

13 October 2020WATCH: Discover how ��̽�� researchers are contributing to some of the biggest challenges the world faces – the health of our communities, and environments; the quality and quantity of food available; abundant clean energy; and sustainable economies.

Agribusiness

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Digital technology

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Public and allied health

��̽�� tech could offer ‘faster, cheaper and mobile’ COVID-19 diagnosis

uqsoutra — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 02:40:24 +0000

6 October 2020Technology that helps to quickly extract and analyse genetic material could be used for cheap, accurate and mobile COVID-19 testing, including at airports and remote testing centres.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Public and allied health

CSL signs agreement with Australian Government for ��̽�� vaccine supply

uqsoutra — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 04:51:08 +0000

7 September 2020Global biotech company CSL Limited will supply the Australian Government with 51 million doses of The University of Queensland’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate if it proves successful, under a heads of agreement announced today.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Urgent call for older Queenslanders to volunteer for COVID-19 study

uqsoutra — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 03:23:58 +0000

27 August 2020A call to arms has gone out to Queenslanders aged 56 and over to help advance The University of Queensland’s COVID-19 vaccine project. (News release)

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

��̽�� vaccine scientists report positive results from pre-clinical testing

uqsoutra — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 01:17:26 +0000

26 August 2020Pre-clinical testing of The University of Queensland’s COVID-19 vaccine has produced positive indications about its potential effectiveness and manufacturability.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Exposure to common colds might give some people a head start in fighting COVID-19

uqsoutra — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 22:46:38 +0000

24 August 2020Could we have some immunity to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, without ever having been exposed to it?

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Biomedical and clinical sciences

723 cases is a bad number for Victoria. But we can’t freak out over a single day’s figure

uqsoutra — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 00:37:28 +0000

30 July 2020You’re right to be concerned about COVID-19, but we can’t draw too many conclusions from just one or two data points. Instead, we need to look at averages over multiple days.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Black swan genome could be our secret weapon to combat next pandemic

uqsoutra — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:28:26 +0000

29 July 2020Scientists have mapped the genome of the black swan in an effort to understand immune responses to the deadly ‘bird flu’ virus and better protect public health.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

��̽��’s COVID-19 vaccine enters human trials

uqsoutra — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 00:29:40 +0000

13 July 2020Healthy adult volunteers have received the first dose of the vaccine at the Brisbane clinic of phase 1 clinical trials specialist, Nucleus Network.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

��̽�� COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Timeline

uqsoutra — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 02:09:27 +0000

14 July 2020A University of Queensland research team continues to meet key milestones to fast-track research to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus, COVID-19.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Understanding overblown immune response is central to conquering COVID-19

uqsoutra — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 02:50:20 +0000

23 June 2020By understanding how the body responds to a COVID-19 infection – when the virus breaches our body, starts replicating and spreads through the bloodstream – immunologist Dr Larisa Labzin hopes to identify where the disease can be stopped in its tracks.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

OM85: could bacteria in a capsule protect us from coronavirus and other respiratory infections?

uqsoutra — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 02:55:28 +0000

11 June 2020Scientists around the world are continuing to test countless vaccines and drugs in the hope of finding effective ways to prevent and treat COVID-19. Among the trials happening in Australia is OM85.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

For now, psychology is our best anti-coronavirus tool

uqsoutra — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 06:09:30 +0000

28 May 2020Aside from a vaccine or cure, knowledge of human behaviour and psychology may be the best means of controlling the spread of COVID-19.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Social impacts

Biomedical and clinical sciences

��̽�� COVID-19 vaccine shown to induce potent protective response in pre-clinical trials

uqsoutra — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 01:01:20 +0000

29 April 2020The University of Queensland’s COVID-19 vaccine has passed another important milestone, showing the ability to raise high levels of antibodies that can neutralise the virus in early pre-clinical testing.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

How a ��̽�� graduate is creating innovative solutions to protect frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19

uqsoutra — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 23:44:04 +0000

4 June 2020��̽�� PhD Graduate, Dr Rahmat Shazi, is part of a group of Malaysian professionals volunteering their time and expertise to develop innovative medical and delivery devices helping the country fight the COVID-19 crisis.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Why can’t we use antibody tests for diagnosing COVID-19?

uqsoutra — Mon, 18 May 2020 01:20:37 +0000

15 May 2020Nearly two million “rapid” antibody tests imported into Australia have been declared useless for determining whether someone has been exposed to the COVID-19 coronavirus.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

A genetic blueprint for breast cancer

uqsoutra — Wed, 13 May 2020 11:24:40 +0000

14 May 2020��̽�� has secured over $5.7 million in government funding under the Medical Research Future Fund's (MRFF) Genomics Health Futures Mission for three projects that will advance the diagnosis of breast cancer, paediatric sepsis, and study the ethics of genomics and disabilities.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Global study of ICU data to guide COVID-19 treatments

uqsoutra — Wed, 13 May 2020 10:58:44 +0000

13 May 2020Queensland researchers are leading a worldwide clinical study using AI to examine COVID-19 patient data from 300 intensive care units (ICU) to provide insight for health professionals to determine the best treatments for the disease.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Hospitals begin testing drugs in COVID-19 clinical trial

uqsoutra — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 02:49:00 +0000

21 April 2020Queensland hospitals have started testing two potential treatments on patients with COVID-19 as part of an international clinical trial involving The University of Queensland.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

COVID-19 drug leads identified

uqsoutra — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 00:35:41 +0000

9 April 2020An international team of researchers has tested more than 10,000 compounds to identify six drug candidates that may help treat COVID-19.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

International partnership progresses ��̽�� COVID-19 vaccine project

uqsoutra — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 00:13:57 +0000

9 April 2020The University of Queensland’s potential COVID-19 vaccine is entering an important new phase of testing with the live coronavirus to determine how effectively it induces protection against coronavirus infection.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Researchers race to accelerate ��̽��'s COVID-19 vaccine research

uqsoutra — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:31:53 +0000

22 March 2020A funding injection of up to $17 million for vital University of Queensland research could help cut the timeline for an effective vaccine for COVID-19 by six months.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Researchers set to begin clinical trials on coronavirus treatment

uqsoutra — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:00:03 +0000

19 March 2020Australian researchers are set to begin clinical trials of a potential treatment for COVID-19 – using two existing drugs.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

‘Significant step’ in COVID-19 vaccine quest

uqsoutra — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 02:08:42 +0000

21 February 2020A University of Queensland team has met a key milestone in their fast-tracked research to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus, COVID-19.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Biomedical and clinical sciences

How first-aid gel made from snake venom could control battlefield bleeding

Do I need the new COVID booster?

What are the new COVID booster vaccines?

����̽�� to establish world-leading vaccine lab

PM awards innovation prize to ����̽�� venom researcher

‘Google Human’: designing a map for the cells in the body

Joy Wolfram: Nanoparticles, fire trucks, and changing our approach to cancer

From the NBA to FNQ: bringing sports science on Country

Volunteers needed for ‘Clamp2’ vaccine testing

Rheumatoid arthritis breakthrough first of its kind

Demand booms for experimental mRNA from ����̽�� BASE

Paving the way for new oral HIV treatments

Stem cells, growing brains, and the quest to cure deadly diseases

Clamp2 provides vaccine hope for future pandemics

Stopping Alzheimer's in its tracks

Research centre to unlock nature’s hidden powers

Endometriosis and ovarian cancer genetically tied

WATCH: What drives the down syndrome condition?

Hearts by design

Going viral with Dr Kym Lowry

WATCH: What is it about the COVID virus that causes a high risk of blood clots?

Predictive agriculture: The art of understanding uncertainty

WATCH: Tracking nanoparticles in living organisms

New brain research offers hope for PTSD, anxiety and depression

'No need to panic' about viral variant found in South Africa

How magical are Australia’s native magic mushrooms?

Pain out of paradise: the tropical snails revolutionising chronic pain

Queensland’s own gympietides hold hope for new painkillers

No, COVID-19 does not enter our DNA

Tackling concussion head-on

Visionary surgeon targets further world firsts

Increasing the accuracy of early ovarian cancer detection

Repairing hearts with deadly spider venom

What is COVAX-19? Australia's most advanced COVID vaccine candidate

We found more than 54,000 viruses in people’s poo — and 92% were previously unknown to science

Non-invasive potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

‘Tiny first responders’ use powers for good against skin cancer

Corals and fruit flies aid understanding of anaesthesia

Australian heart attack survival among best in world – but could be better

Q&A with Dr Jared Miles

Needle-free COVID-19 vaccine shows promise

Getting stoned: revealing the mysteries of stonefish venom

The 'high' cost of substance abuse

Taking the sting out of pain

Aiming to end endo

Reducing the cost of dementia

Antivenom's fatal flaw

Memory makers

Breath of Life

Helping stop septic shock

Long live health

The (pink) elephant in the room

'Pollen package' packing a punch

Unnatural High

Scientists rewrite the genesis of mosquito-borne viruses

A sweet pill to swallow

Pioneering vision saves lives

Out of Africa

So long, superbugs – crowdsourcing is here

Not such a pain

World-first skin cancer treatment aims to help transplant patients

Jab-free dengue immunity could be just a click away

Unlocking the immune system to help repair the brain

How brain pacemakers are giving patients their lives back

Drug target pathway could unlock treatments for diabetes, cancer and COVID

From cannabis cream to antibiotic dream

'Living fossil' provides key clues to brain evolution

Australian-first clinical trial shows brain stimulation can treat severe OCD

Study shows clamp technology promising for future vaccine development

Scientists untangle a new process leading to dementia

Formula One legend helps in race to cure dementia

Researchers hunt venom clues in deadly jellyfish

Gut health and mood genetically entwined

More Australians use psychedelics to self-treat mental health

Study investigates PFAS changes in blood

Chemotherapy with fewer side effects may be on the way

Keeping COVID-19 vaccine cold in PNG without reliable electricity

IUD saving fertility for women with cancer

Virtual reality to help patients speak up

��̽�� to establish world-leading vaccine lab

PM awards innovation prize to ��̽�� venom researcher

Demand booms for experimental mRNA from ��̽�� BASE

Update on ��̽�� COVID-19 vaccine

��̽�� tech could offer ‘faster, cheaper and mobile’ COVID-19 diagnosis

CSL signs agreement with Australian Government for ��̽�� vaccine supply

��̽�� vaccine scientists report positive results from pre-clinical testing

��̽��’s COVID-19 vaccine enters human trials

��̽�� COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Timeline

��̽�� COVID-19 vaccine shown to induce potent protective response in pre-clinical trials

How a ��̽�� graduate is creating innovative solutions to protect frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19

International partnership progresses ��̽�� COVID-19 vaccine project

Researchers race to accelerate ��̽��'s COVID-19 vaccine research