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- The Strep A Outbreak Prevention Team has won a 2024 Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research
- The assassin bug lies in wait in plants, poised to ambush its prey. Related to cicadas and aphids, it has a large appetite, catching any unsuspecting invertebrates, like caterpillars or bees, for its next meal.
- IMB researchers have described how cells change their shape to move through crowded spaces – knowledge which can be applied to diseases such as cancer and osteoarthritis.
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