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A unanimous sigh of relief is being felt through the UQDI and collectively across the nation, after the Federal Government handed down the 2011-12 budget last night.

The Human Genetics team at The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute have successfully used a new gene mapping approach for patients affected by severe skeletal abnormalities.

UQDI PhD student, Veronique Chachay, is currently trialling the Resveratrol study, which she hopes could be the solution to better managing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

The Brisbane Rally for Research was held in King George Square on Tuesday the 19th of April, and although rained out, it didn't prevent people turning up in the masses.

The directors of Queensland’s leading medical research institutes have joined forces to speak out against significant funding cuts to medical research foreshadowed in the upcoming Federal Budget.

A cabinet leak has confirmed that the Government is planning to cut funding for to Australia’s medical research in the upcoming budget. This will come from the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) budget, the peak body for funding medical research in Australia.

An announcement by the federal government of a potential $400 million fund cut to the National Health and Medical Research Council has initiated a backlash by Australia's top medical researchers.

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The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute today celebrates high profile appointments of two if its top researchers.

University of Queensland Diamantina Institute PhD student, Veronique Chachay, hopes to determine if a nutrient found in grape skin could hold the key to better managing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

There was, admittedly, a bit of water around Brisbane just recently.

Lions Medical Research Foundation Research Fellow, Dr Gethin Thomas, of the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, has been awarded an NHMRC project grant worth $460,000 to investigate new avenues of treatment for Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Dr Ray Steptoe of the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute (UQDI) was recently awarded an NHMRC grant of more than $300,000 over three years to continue his investigation into finding new ways to turn off damaging immune reactions in autoimmune diseases.

Researchers at the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute in Brisbane, Australia, have found that a form of spinal arthritis is genetically linked to Inflammatory Bowel Disease. 

Researchers at the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute have confirmed through a study in Vanuatu that a test for human papilloma virus (HPV) could help control cervical cancer in developing countries.

Work by scientists at The University of Queensland could open the door to a new way of treating certain breast cancers.

The vision to create an Australian-first home for medical research, clinical trials and treatment commercialisation reached an historic milestone today with the official start of construction on the $354 million Translational Research Institute in Brisbane.

The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute (UQDI), has launched a new scholarship for prospective research students.

The UQ Diamantina Institute has welcomed Dr Antje Blumenthal as the Balzan Fellow in 2010.

Dr Michelle Hill from the Diamantina Institute has been awarded the Queensland Health and Medical Research Senior Researcher Excellence Runner-Up Award by the Australian Society for Medical Research.