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- Some new studies have found people who were never symptomatic, exposed to, or tested positive for COVID-19 that have immune cells that can recognise COVID-19.
- IMB researchers are continuing their search for new, eco-friendly pesticides with the support of the Australian Research Council.
- An affordable diabetes drug, metformin, could save generations of Australian families who live with polycystic kidney disease from kidney failure.
- Sex on the reef became a little weirder with new research suggesting algae that live in partnership with coral use a distinct way of exchanging DNA during sex.
- An Australian scientist born in the Netherlands has been given a lifetime honour by a European organisation in recognition of his outstanding achievements in life sciences.
- Professor Jian Yang is taking his considerable talents back to his homeland of China, leaving behind a legacy of world-class research.
- IMB researchers have investigated a peptide from the marine sandworm, which has the power to kill superbugs.
- A new antibiotic, Octapeptin-X that targets the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria has been given a funding boost by CARB-X.
- Instead of protecting us from the virus that causes COVID-19, the body's natural defence mechanisms can overreact and inflict damage. Understanding why could make the infection far less dangerous.
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