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- Massive banks of genetic information are being harnessed to shed new light on modifiable health risks that underlie common diseases.
University of Queensland researchers have pioneered a method to integrate data from multiple large-scale studies to assess risk factors such as body mass index (BMI) and cholesterol levels, and their association with diseases including type two diabetes and heart disease. - Gardening is a great way to relax, be one with nature and get your hands dirty. But lurking in that pleasant environment are some nasty bacteria and fungi, with the potential to cause you serious harm. So we need to be vigilant with gardening gloves and other protective wear.
- An old drug supercharged by University of Queensland researchers has emerged as a new antibiotic that could destroy some of the world’s most dangerous superbugs.
- Researchers have new insights into how protective antibodies attack dengue viruses, which could lead to more effective dengue fever vaccines and drug therapies.
- The technicians who keep the research machinery running are among recipients of this year’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) Impact Awards.
- Improving the success rate of heart transplants is among the goals of a University of Queensland researcher, 50 years after the first such surgery was performed in South Africa.
- A University of Queensland PhD student will spend 2018 undertaking research and training in sophisticated imaging techniques to better understand how promising Parkinson’s disease drugs enter the brain.
- A new and improved version of the 'love hormone' oxytocin has been developed by University of Queensland researchers.
- Changes to greatly improve the outcome, treatment and support for women with endometriosis have been the driving force for studies by a University of Queensland researcher.
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