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- This very fluffy (yet spiky) caterpillar has toxins from a surprising origin - and could be key to delivery of life-saving drugs.
- Did you know venom – a toxic substance injected by one animal into another – has evolved around 100 times?
- Professor Rob Parton is the only Australian who will this year join the European Molecular Biology Organization.
- Diverticular disease of intestine was thought to be caused by poor diet but researchers have shown it is highly inherited.
- An IMB researcher will investigate how cells communicate to form tissues and bodies.
- Researchers have reared cone snails for the first time and found that juveniles have different venoms to adults.
- Research using venom from a rare tarantula, and revolutionary PET scanning are two ways IMB researchers are fighting back against MND
- Professor David Craik has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia.
- IMB researchers have shown for the first time that some of the world’s most painful ant stings target nerves
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