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- 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.
- Sheep poo could hold the key to developing the next generation of antiparasitic treatments that could protect Australian livestock and save the industry millions of dollars a year.
- A mission to reprogram innate immunity to combat inflammatory and infectious diseases has been supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
- Nearly two million antibody tests imported into Australia are not much better than flipping a coin.
- Bacteria and viruses are all around us - some beneficial and some fatal.
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People have known for thousands of years that parents pass traits to their children, but it is only relatively recently that our technology has caught up to our curiosity, enabling us to delve into the mystery of how this inheritance occurs, and the implications for predicting, preventing and treating disease.
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