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Identification of a gene associated with motor neuron disease in people of Chinese ancestry will improve researchers understanding of the condition

Like Spiderman IRL, these clever arachnids pin down their prey with super-fast jets of liquid silk.

A small team in Brisbane are on the global antibiotic discovery map with their collaborative approach to fixing the antibiotic pipeline. They have become a benchmark network for researchers to join the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) field and advancing the AMR agenda in governments worldwide.

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Peptides are the new buzzword in medicine. But what's the difference between a peptide and a protein?

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Australian scientists have joined forces as part of a coordinated national approach to the Human Cell Atlas, an ambitious global initiative to create an ‘instruction manual for life itself.’

90 seconds with PhD student Emma Livingstone

If you could take a test that would reveal the diseases you and your family might be more likely to get, would you want to do it? Rapid developments in gene testing technologies have sparked debate about whether healthy Australians should undergo genetic testing.

Our #sciart gallery explores the building blocks of life itself in remarkable and unprecedented detail.

A program that engages rural Australian communities with science also boosts visibility and career development for women researchers, a University of Queensland-led study has found.

Professor Jian Yang, whose pioneering work has helped unravel the complexity of the human genome and genetic traits, has won the 2017 Prime Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year.

Researchers are going 'back to the future' to develop a forgotten antibiotic into a new treatment for life-threatening bacterial infections resistant to all known antibiotics.

The Heart Foundation has partnered with IMB to project an image of a blood vessel network in celebration of cardiovascular research and recognition of World Heart Day on Friday 29 September.

90 seconds with PhD student Bronwyn Smithies

An international research team has advanced our understanding of the genetic factors contributing to the risk of developing motor neurone disease (MND), a devastating disorder that kills two Australians each day.

Dr Nathan Palpant studies human heart development using stem cells, to generate beating cardiac muscle cells in a dish. For this work, he received a UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award in recognition of the contribution he has made to an international effort to fight cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death globally. 

Queensland researchers have discovered a potential treatment for the severe inflammation caused by infectious mosquito-borne diseases responsible for several outbreaks worldwide in the past decade.

Researchers have built molecular switches that can control the immune response to many common allergens