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- A short-statured population of Indonesians living on the island of Flores arose independently of the extinct species Homo floresiensis – the so-called ‘hobbits’ – an international team of scientists has found.
- Geneticists Professor Peter Visscher and Professor Jian Yang have had their work recognised by prestigious funding from the ARC.
- The largest genetic study of type 2 diabetes has identified 42 new genetic variants in a discovery that could provide new opportunities to prevent and treat this disease.
- Research into a toxin from the desert bush spider could lead to new treatments for conditions such as pain, cardiac arrhythmia and epilepsy, and could also advance the development of ecofriendly insecticides.
- University of Queensland scientists have identified genes associated with fatty liver disease, a condition affecting 5.5 million Australians.
- A molecule that kills the malaria parasite and leaves healthy cells intact has been developed by researchers from The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Australian National University.
- The length of your formal education may be linked to your genes, a team of international scientists has found after studying the genes of more than one million people in one of the largest genetic studies ever completed.
- Researchers are figuring out how to manipulate venom extracted from some of the deadliest species in the world, to combat the various forms of pain we experience.
- IMB scientists have decoded genomes from algae found in coral, to help preserve the health of corals and protect the Great Barrier Reef from coral bleaching.
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