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- The quest to better understand human biology at a miniscule level has led to the creation of a $26 million international research centre in Melbourne.
- University of Queensland researchers have discovered a way of predicting cancer-free survival in breast cancer patients and identified a new treatment target.
- The best young scientific minds in the country are finally getting recognised for the incredible work they do. Science Editor for The Age, Nicky Phillips, chats with IMB early career researcher Sonia Troeira Henriques.
- University of Queensland researchers have discovered how an important pair of molecules—found within the cells of our immune system—team up to help ‘switch off’ inflammation in the body.
- University of Queensland scientists have succeeded in identifying the major underlying mutations in pancreatic and ovarian cancers, two of Australia’s most ruthless cancers.
- The inaugural Life Sciences @ UQ Networking Forum was hosted by The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) on 12 June to help generate more collaboration between researchers, and between research and industry.
- Your foot and a cow’s hoof may look very different, but 55 million years ago, both had five toes.
- Scientists from The University of Queensland (UQ) have unravelled the workings of a gene that could be used to treat lymphatic diseases or stop the spread of cancer.
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