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- Queensland researchers are convincing tissue cells that they’re actually kidney cells in a project that may lead to new therapies for renal disease.
- A team of Australian and New Zealand researchers are harnessing bacteria as a possible new bioinsecticide to control crop pests.
- Newly trialled native algae species provide real hope for the development of commercially viable fuels from algae, a University of Queensland scientist has found.
- UQ will host 23 undergraduate science and biomedical students from China’s Fudan University this month.
- Protagonist Therapeutics Inc. has secured $14 million in venture financing from new investor Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation and existing investors Lilly Ventures and Starfish Ventures (Melbourne, Australia).
- Scientist Without Borders: Marga Gual Soler joins us at Real Scientists
- Researchers at UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience have been awarded five grants worth $2.4 million to work with industry on projects such as developing eco-friendly insesticides for crops and treatments for pain from spider venom.
- Emily Furlong of Manly West will be working alongside some of Queensland’s best scientists on antibiotic-resistance projects.
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