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- Professor Melissa Little and her lab have grown a kidney using stem cells, paving the way for improved treatments for patients with kidney disease.
- On Friday 6 December we celebrated with eight of our recently conferred PhD students as they took part in UQ's end-of-year graduation ceremony.
- University of Queensland researchers have pioneered a drug development technique that could pave the way for a new class of low-cost medicines.
- Queensland scientists have identified a genetic “switch” which indicates whether a woman’s breast cancer will spread.
- IMB researchers have been awarded four grants and three fellowships worth $3.2 million from the Australian Research Council for projects including determining the effect of cholesterol on the immune system.
- It’s one of the most common inherited conditions that until recently was shrouded in secrecy and sometimes shame, but researchers hope a new community resource will help improve understanding of Disorders of Sexual Development (DSD).
- A University of Queensland researcher is hoping to deploy treatments from spider venom to protect pets against parasites.
- A father who has gone out of this world to find a treatment for his son’s illness was today awarded the inaugural IMB Champion Award.
- Professor David Fairlie was last night named one of UQ's inaugural Top Five Inventors at an awards ceremony celebrating researchers who delivered significant outcomes for the global community.
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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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