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- IMB researchers are aiming to better understand how therapeutics can be delivered to target cells in the body.
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- Handling lethal cone snails and tackling deadly viruses and bacteria is all in a day’s work for four fearless IMB researchers working tirelessly to fast-track healthcare and medicines.
- Dr Alysha Elliott is discovering new ways of tackling anti-microbial resistance.
- Queenslanders are being asked to 'dig deep' in an Australian-first project, with the next 'ground-breaking' medicine potentially hiding in their backyard.
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- IMB researchers are sharing their expertise in tackling drug-resistant bacteria with low and middle income countries, thanks to new funding from CARB-X.
- Australians are being asked to help unravel the mysteries of COVID-19.
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