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- An 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.
- Droplets of fat inside our cells are helping us fight back against infection.
- 2 October 2020It’s one of the most important genes in biology, but in a new study, 'Sry', the gene that makes males male, has been found to have a new part that was hiding in plain sight.
- Scientists have found a new piece of DNA essential to forming male sex organs in mice
- A gene that helps to control inflammation increases the risk of obesity and could be turned off in mice to stop weight gain.
- IMB's Professor Robert Parton and AIBN's Professor Kristofer Thurecht are Eureka Prize finalists for their project using VR to solve the problem of visualising complex data.
- IMB researchers have proven they top the state, with two of the three winners of the Queensland Women in STEM awards going to the Institute.
- A key discovery on the immune system’s powerful defence against bacteria will contribute to global efforts to design immune-boosting treatments.
- Molecules from the venom of one of the world’s largest spiders could help tailor pain blockers for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
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People have known for thousands of years that parents pass traits to their children, but it is only relatively recently that our technology has caught up to our curiosity, enabling us to delve into the mystery of how this inheritance occurs, and the implications for predicting, preventing and treating disease.
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