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Only a small proportion of elite swimmers regularly checked their skin for signs of cancer despite being at increased risk, according to University of Queensland research.

A University of Queensland researcher has been awarded more than $3.8 million from the Medical Research Future Fund to trial a revolutionary therapy for patients with a rare form of brain cancer.

You wake up, stagger to the bathroom and gaze into the mirror. No, you’re not imagining it. You’ve developed face wrinkles overnight. They’re sleep wrinkles.

UQ Faculty of Medicine academics will be taking science out of their labs and into Brisbane pubs as they participate in the Pint of Science festival in mid-May.

Researchers from the Faculty of Medicine are among 24 academics across The University of Queensland who have received more than $41 million through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 2024 Investigator Grants to address health challenges.

University of Queensland researchers have received more than $2.6 million through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Partnership Projects scheme to inform health policy and improve patient outcomes.

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Queensland researchers have become the first in Australia to use human stem cells to generate fully functioning skin tissue in a laboratory, a significant step towards better treatments for severe burns and wounds.

Faculty of Medicine researchers have received funding through Medical Research Future Fund schemes.

DNA changes consistent with life-threatening pregnancy complications have been found in the placentas of pregnant women infected by COVID-19, according to University of Queensland researchers.

Two leading University of Queensland researchers have joined forces to begin developing an mRNA vaccine for children with brain cancer.

Two researchers from the Faculty of Medicine have been selected by Cure Cancer to receive funding in 2024.

UQ Faculty of Medicine researchers have received millions of dollars in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to address a range of health challenges.

Researchers from The University of Queensland’s Frazer Institute have received $350,000 from the Translational Research Institute Australia (TRI) to accelerate medical research ‘from bench to bedside’.

Dr Clare Mahon from the University of Queensland’s Dermatology Research Centre has won the Community Award at the UQ Ventures LeadHers Awards.

Researchers from The University of Queensland and The Australian National University (ANU) have found that a protein which protects the body from fungal infections is also responsible for making certain diseases like irritable bowel disease (IBS), type 1 diabetes and eczema more severe.

UQ researcher, Dr Emma-Anne Karlsen, has been recognised at the prestigious global event, Falling Walls Lab, in Berlin. The PhD student placed third out of 100 participants from 64 countries in the Science Breakthrough of the Year category, receiving praise for her research on repurposing a low-cost and pre-existing drug to help expensive anti-cancer treatments work better and to fight tumours more effectively.

Researchers from UQ and The Alfred hospital in Melbourne have identified gene variants which may contribute to people being at higher risk for nodular melanoma.

University of Queensland researchers have identified a novel drug target with the potential to overcome drug resistance and prevent tumour regrowth in cancer patients.

Dr Emma-Anne Karlsen is completing her General Surgery training at the Mater Hospital Brisbane while studying her PhD with The University of Queensland Frazer Institute Simpson Lab.