Biomedical and clinical sciences

How first-aid gel made from snake venom could control battlefield bleeding

uqccla15 — Sun, 19 May 2024 22:52:17 +0000

3 May 2024A partnership between the biomaterials research team and the US Department of Defense has harnessed two proteins from deadly snake venom that can help stop bleeding at a faster rate than ever before.

Defence, cyber and space

Designing technology for tomorrow

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Do I need the new COVID booster?

uqccla15 — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:57:00 +0000

1 December 2023What are the new COVID booster vaccines? Can I get one? Do they work? And are they safe?

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

What are the new COVID booster vaccines?

uqccla15 — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:55:14 +0000

1 November 2023Can I get one? Do they work? Are they safe? Associate Professor Paul Griffin explains.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

��̽�� to establish world-leading vaccine lab

uqccla15 — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 02:45:05 +0000

3 November 2023Work is underway at ��̽��'s BASE facility to produce nRMA vaccines and therapies for clinical trials.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

‘Google Human’: designing a map for the cells in the body

uqccla15 — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 04:02:04 +0000

7 August 2023What if we could design a computer application like Google Earth where scientists can zoom in to see not land or buildings, but microscopic human cells up close – and so spot disease?

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Designing technology for tomorrow

Digital technology

Rheumatoid arthritis breakthrough first of its kind

uqccla15 — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 03:59:54 +0000

13 February 2023Participants between the ages of 20 and 64 received 1 of 3 different doses. Eight weeks later, all the participants in 2 of the dose groups (half of the total group) were in remission.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Stopping Alzheimer's in its tracks

uqccla15 — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 23:24:47 +0000

20 October 2022Researchers at ��̽��’s Queensland Brain Institute have been studying ‘roadblocks’ in the brain and believe they are now on track to eliminating them – and possibly Alzheimer’s disease itself.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Leading healthy lives

Hearts by design

uqccla15 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 04:01:37 +0000

5 January 2022Dr Melissa Reichelt's research group has recently been designing and making their own viruses to control the cells in the heart.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Going viral with Dr Kym Lowry

uqccla15 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 03:51:41 +0000

4 January 2022Dr Lowry, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Microbial Diagnostics and Characterisation Group, is currently researching the types of respiratory viruses that have circulated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Predictive agriculture: The art of understanding uncertainty

uqccla15 — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 21:26:50 +0000

3 November 2021“What we try to do as scientists is provide a whole series of tools that help plant breeders make better predictions about how to design a new variety that will work on that farm or work in that particular environment."

Agribusiness

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Energy, water and resources

Social understanding

WATCH: Tracking nanoparticles in living organisms

uqccla15 — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 04:03:08 +0000

26 October 2021Professor Robert Parton explains how nanotechnology is being used to target diseased cells.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Designing technology for tomorrow

Digital technology

How magical are Australia’s native magic mushrooms?

uqccla15 — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 04:23:21 +0000

30 August 2021A ��̽�� researcher believes the global magic mushroom industry is where the medical cannabis industry was 15 years ago. Could they be used medically in future?

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Social understanding

Visionary surgeon targets further world firsts

uqccla15 — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 21:24:47 +0000

30 July 2021“The most insane thing I have ever done” is how Dr Michael Wagels described the world-first reconstruction of 36 centimetres of a patient’s tibia.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Designing technology for tomorrow

Digital technology

The 'high' cost of substance abuse

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 01:53:12 +0000

10 September 2018To celebrate Research Week 2018, ��̽�� is proud to share how ��̽�� research is creating change, right across the world, every day. Discover how our researchers are collaborating with research partners both in Australia and abroad to tackle substance abuse head-on.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

Taking the sting out of pain

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 01:37:15 +0000

25 July 2018A ��̽�� team is using an unlikely approach to develop medicines for chronic pain, epilepsy and stroke – venom.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Aiming to end endo

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 01:32:29 +0000

3 July 2018��̽�� researchers are working hard to help our daughters in the battle against endometriosis, a crippling disease that affects 10 per cent of women of child-bearing age.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

Reducing the cost of dementia

uqccla15 — Thu, 27 May 2021 01:05:04 +0000

27 May 2021What if dementia could be prevented? ��̽�� PhD economics candidate and 3MT finalist Sabrina Lenzen believes this may be possible.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Antivenom's fatal flaw

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 06:21:32 +0000

21 February 2018A ��̽�� researcher is working to change a toxic attitude towards antivenom manufacturing, which adds to a mounting death toll and plunges communities into poverty.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Memory makers

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 06:14:06 +0000

6 January 2018Building on forty years of existing research, ��̽�� neuroscientists are now conducting clinical trials to prove that exercise can prevent and reverse cognitive decline, such as dementia.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Breath of Life

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 02:19:39 +0000

5 January 2018��̽��'s Professor David Cliff is working to help stop deadly black lung disease before it begins.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Impact

Helping stop septic shock

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 02:15:26 +0000

5 January 2018With the failure of a ‘one size fits all’ approach, ��̽�� researchers are collaborating with The George Institute for Global Health to create a genomic resource to help develop personalised treatment options for septic shock.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Long live health

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 02:08:23 +0000

5 January 2018��̽��'s Emeritus Professor Jake Najman is behind one of the longest-running studies of mothers and children in the world, producing results that have changed the way medical researchers think about what 'passes down the line'.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

The (pink) elephant in the room

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 02:00:53 +0000

5 January 2018Once breast cancer spreads to the brain it is inevitably fatal within months, but ��̽�� researchers are working to try and improve this outlook.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

'Pollen package' packing a punch

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 01:51:24 +0000

5 January 2018Inspired by nature, ��̽�� researchers are mimicking the structure of pollen to create more effective antimicrobial medicines, helping to tackle one of the biggest threats facing humanity – antibiotic resistance.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Unnatural High

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 01:45:05 +0000

5 January 2018Esteemed ��̽�� researcher Jake Najman’s drug and alcohol research stretches across decades, documenting ever-evolving attitudes towards substance use

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

A sweet pill to swallow

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:53:29 +0000

29 March 2019Thanks to pioneering ��̽�� research, people suffering from inflammatory bowel disease and rare blood disorders worldwide could soon benefit from safer and more convenient treatments.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

Pioneering vision saves lives

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:46:24 +0000

5 January 2018Across the globe, more than eight billion scans have been completed to date using world-leading magnetic resonance imaging technology developed at ��̽��.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Out of Africa

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:11:51 +0000

3 April 2020How an African herbal tea launched a revolutionary line of medicine.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Impact

So long, superbugs – crowdsourcing is here

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 04:39:17 +0000

1 May 2018By creating the world’s first molecule bank, ��̽�� scientists are working with industry and institutional partners to crowdsource antibiotic compounds, aiming to seek out new antibiotics and prevent the proliferation of drug-resistant superbugs.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

Not such a pain

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 04:32:48 +0000

3 January 2018Chronic pain is very hard to live with but, thanks to the perseverance of ��̽�� pharmaceutical research, help may soon be at hand for the millions of people around the world in desperate need of respite.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

How brain pacemakers are giving patients their lives back

uqccla15 — Fri, 14 May 2021 05:00:58 +0000

14 May 2021Deep brain stimulation is providing a fresh start for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder patients.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Designing technology for tomorrow

From cannabis cream to antibiotic dream

uqccla15 — Wed, 12 May 2021 04:19:41 +0000

12 May 2021Researchers at ��̽��’s Centre for Superbug Solutions believe they may have found a new class of antibiotics effective against drug-resistant bacteria – all from being asked to help characterise an acne cream.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Public and allied health

Vaccines alone won’t keep Australia safe in 2021. Here’s what else we need to do

uqsoutra — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:14:42 +0000

15 December 2020Australia’s response to the COVID pandemic has been a spectacular success, but has come at significant economic and broader health costs. To avoid another surge in case numbers, it is crucial that we plan for the coming months as we head into 2021.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Queensland Science making a difference

uqsoutra — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 04:25:07 +0000

13 October 2020WATCH: Discover how ��̽�� researchers are contributing to some of the biggest challenges the world faces – the health of our communities, and environments; the quality and quantity of food available; abundant clean energy; and sustainable economies.

Agribusiness

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Digital technology

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Public and allied health

��̽�� COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Timeline

uqsoutra — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 02:09:27 +0000

14 July 2020A University of Queensland research team continues to meet key milestones to fast-track research to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus, COVID-19.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

How a ��̽�� graduate is creating innovative solutions to protect frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19

uqsoutra — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 23:44:04 +0000

4 June 2020��̽�� PhD Graduate, Dr Rahmat Shazi, is part of a group of Malaysian professionals volunteering their time and expertise to develop innovative medical and delivery devices helping the country fight the COVID-19 crisis.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Biomedical and clinical sciences

A genetic blueprint for breast cancer

uqsoutra — Wed, 13 May 2020 11:24:40 +0000

14 May 2020��̽�� has secured over $5.7 million in government funding under the Medical Research Future Fund's (MRFF) Genomics Health Futures Mission for three projects that will advance the diagnosis of breast cancer, paediatric sepsis, and study the ethics of genomics and disabilities.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Researchers race to accelerate ��̽��'s COVID-19 vaccine research

uqsoutra — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:31:53 +0000

22 March 2020A funding injection of up to $17 million for vital University of Queensland research could help cut the timeline for an effective vaccine for COVID-19 by six months.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Researchers set to begin clinical trials on coronavirus treatment

uqsoutra — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:00:03 +0000

19 March 2020Australian researchers are set to begin clinical trials of a potential treatment for COVID-19 – using two existing drugs.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Biomedical and clinical sciences

How first-aid gel made from snake venom could control battlefield bleeding

Do I need the new COVID booster?

What are the new COVID booster vaccines?

����̽�� to establish world-leading vaccine lab

‘Google Human’: designing a map for the cells in the body

Rheumatoid arthritis breakthrough first of its kind

Stopping Alzheimer's in its tracks

Hearts by design

Going viral with Dr Kym Lowry

Predictive agriculture: The art of understanding uncertainty

WATCH: Tracking nanoparticles in living organisms

How magical are Australia’s native magic mushrooms?

Visionary surgeon targets further world firsts

The 'high' cost of substance abuse

Taking the sting out of pain

Aiming to end endo

Reducing the cost of dementia

Antivenom's fatal flaw

Memory makers

Breath of Life

Helping stop septic shock

Long live health

The (pink) elephant in the room

'Pollen package' packing a punch

Unnatural High

A sweet pill to swallow

Pioneering vision saves lives

Out of Africa

So long, superbugs – crowdsourcing is here

Not such a pain

How brain pacemakers are giving patients their lives back

From cannabis cream to antibiotic dream

Vaccines alone won’t keep Australia safe in 2021. Here’s what else we need to do

Queensland Science making a difference

����̽�� COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Timeline

How a ����̽�� graduate is creating innovative solutions to protect frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19

A genetic blueprint for breast cancer

Researchers race to accelerate ����̽��'s COVID-19 vaccine research

Researchers set to begin clinical trials on coronavirus treatment

��̽�� to establish world-leading vaccine lab

��̽�� COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Timeline

How a ��̽�� graduate is creating innovative solutions to protect frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19

Researchers race to accelerate ��̽��'s COVID-19 vaccine research