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- Molecules in tarantula venom could be used as an alternative to opioid pain killers for people seeking chronic pain relief.
- UQ researchers investigating genes linked with vitamin D have discovered genetic variations in the skin that can create a natural sunscreen.
- With much of society now effectively in lockdown, how will we know when it’s safe to resume something like normality?
- Ian Henderson, Professor of Microbiology, and Dr Larisa Labzin, Virologist, discuss COVID-19 – immunity, vaccine development, epidemiology and what we do and don’t know.
- March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, shining a light on this debilitating disease, affecting 1 in 9 women of reproductive age. IMB's Professor Grant Montgomery and Dr Sally Mortlock and their team are among those pioneering endometriosis research.
- Scientists have discovered a possible link between Parkinson’s disease and a gene impacted by a neurotoxin found in blue-green algae.
- Professor Naomi Wray has received the Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Grant Award for Leadership in Basic Science from the National Health and Medical Research Council.
- Is it a MAIT or foe? MAIT cells can help fight bacteria, but without the right signals, can contribute to cancer and autoimmune diseases.
- Compounds containing metals could hold the key to the next generation of antibiotics to combat the growing threat of global antibiotic resistance.
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