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  • A University of Queensland researcher is hoping to deploy treatments from spider venom to protect pets against parasites.
  • Australian and Chinese researchers have identified a molecule in centipede venom with the potential to be developed into a painkiller as effective as morphine.
  • 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.
  • UQ spin-out company Protagonist Therapeutics has raised an additional $4 million of venture capital funding, taking its total raised from Series B private financing to $18 million.
  • 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.
  • Two IMB researchers were part of a group celebrated at a University of Queensland awards ceremony last night.
  • University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have found a natural component of Australian tarantula venom that is more potent against certain insect pests than existing chemical insecticides.
  • New research has identified the key to becoming male is an enzyme that “unravels” DNA to trigger male development of the embryo, a discovery that may give greater insight into intersex disorders.
  • A University of Queensland scientist has been awarded the prestigious Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology President’s Medal.

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