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- Research into brain cells of mice shows that exercise reverses changes brought about by ageing.
- Analysis of previously unstudied areas of the human genome suggests people with more copies of ribosomal DNA have higher risks of developing disease.
- IMB researchers have found how dietary choline travels through the blood-brain barrier - a discovery that could be used to help deliver drugs into the brain to treat neurological disorders.
- Find out why researchers are interested in 'water bears' and how they found them at IMB.
- New research has identified the main types of E. coli bacteria that cause neonatal meningitis, and revealed why some infections recur despite being treated with antibiotics.
- Two IMB researchers have been recognised in the prestigious Australian Academy of Science 2024 honorific awards.
- Discovering the genes involved in endometriosis is vitally important for our understanding and designing treatments. But it’s not the whole story.
- IMB researchers have discovered how the ‘on-switch’ for the body’s inflammation machinery can get stuck, causing rare genetic inflammatory diseases.
- For the latest edition of UQ Mythbusters during Endometriosis Awareness Month, we put some of the most persistent myths about ‘endo’ to bed.
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