Institute for Molecular Bioscience

IMB Centre for Pain Research

  • Killer sea snail a target for new drugs

    Killer sea snail a target for new drugs

    Published on: 7 July 2015
    University of Queensland pain treatment researchers have discovered thousands of new peptide toxins hidden deep within the venom of just one type of Queensland cone snail.
  • Spider and centipede venom evolved from insulin-like hormone

    Spider and centipede venom evolved from insulin-like hormone

    Published on: 12 June 2015
    Funnel-web spider venom contains powerful neurotoxins that instantly paralyze prey (usually insects). Millions of years ago, however, this potent poison was just a hormone that helped ancestors of these spiders regulate sugar metabolism, similar to the role of insulin in humans. Surprisingly, this hormone's weaponization--described on June 11 in the journal Structure--occurred in arachnids as well as centipedes, but in different ways.
  • Spider venom

    Spider venom may have legs as future painkiller

    Published on: 4 March 2015
    IMB researchers have found seven peptides (mini-proteins) in spider venom that block the molecular pathway responsible for sending pain signals from nerves to the brain.

  • Venom researcher awarded competitive health and medical fellowship for chronic pain research

    Published on: 26 September 2014
    IMB Lab Head Professor Paul Alewood has been awarded a competitive National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Principal Research Fellowship to continue his research into developing new pain therapies from venoms.

  • IMB scientist receives outstanding research award in China

    Published on: 18 September 2014
    IMB Lab Head Professor Paul Alewood has received the 2014 Xiaoyu Hu Memorial Award by the Chinese Peptide Society in recognition for his exceptional contributions to basic research in peptide science.

  • UQ celebrates rising stars at Women in Technology awards

    Published on: 15 September 2014
    Two University of Queensland early-career researchers have been recognised by their peers for their promising medical and technology research at the 17th annual Women in Technology (WiT) awards ceremony.

  • Cone snails have multiple venoms, research shows

    Published on: 27 March 2014
    Cone snails change "weapons", depending on whether they are hunting or defending themselves, researchers from The University of Queensland have discovered.

  • Advance toward developing an oral pain reliever derived from debilitating snail venom

    Published on: 17 March 2014
    Scientists reported today they have created at least five new experimental substances — based on a tiny protein found in cone snail venom — that could someday lead to the development of safe and effective oral medications for treatment of chronic nerve pain.

  • Pain relief targeted in new research funding

    Published on: 18 February 2014
    IMB researchers have been awarded over $10 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to investigate pain relief, dengue fever vaccinations and asthma treatments.

  • 'Love drug' may treat abdominal pain

    Published on: 30 January 2014
    Australian researchers have found a key to treating chronic abdominal pain may lie in a hormone that induces labour and encourages social bonding.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS

Research Area