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Research News
Our discoveries create change for the global health of our people and environment.
- Venom from spitting cobras has evolved as a form of self-defence, rather than for capturing prey, and is more effective at causing pain than venom from non-spitters.
- The main nonpsychoactive component of cannabis has been shown to kill the bacteria responsible for gonorrhoea, meningitis and legionnaires disease.
- Tackling antibiotic resistance and exploring the role of genomics in the novel coronavirus are the focus of new funding from the NHMRC, to fight infectious disease.