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Patients’ genes could unlock urgently needed new treatments for severe sepsis, which kills three and a half times as many Australians as the road toll.

University of Queensland scientists are honing in on drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in a project which could lead to new antibiotics.

University of Queensland researchers have discovered a key driver in the development of most cancers, including breast, lung, liver and ovarian cancers.

New research from the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute reveals that it is possible to specifically turn off certain immune memory cells that are harmful in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D).

Researchers at the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute have published a unique method that enables them to use real time, 3 Dimensional imaging to visualise the growth of melanoma tumours.

New research from the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute reveals how an existing treatment for rheumatoid arthritis could be used to prevent the spread of osteosarcoma tumours.

Researchers from the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute have led an international team of researchers as part of the largest ever genetic investigation into the causes of eczema.

A team of researchers at the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute has developed a new method that is set to significantly improve the way we study the human gut microbiome and, by extension, advance our understanding of how the genetics of these microbes affect human health.

Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) is the sixth most common form of cancer worldwide. It’s a blood cancer that arises from white blood cells called B-cells, which normally play an important role in enabling your immune system to identify and attack potentially harmful viruses and bacteria.

University of Queensland researchers have announced a new tool in the fight against cancer, with the development of a world-first test that will direct treatment choices for patients with some forms of blood cancer.

University of Queensland Diamantina Institute researcher Dr Liliana Endo-Munoz has identified two proteins that play a pivotal role in enabling bone cancer tumours to spread throughout the body.

New research from Children’s Health Queensland, UQ Diamantina Institute and Cancer Council shows survival rates are on the rise for a dangerous yet rare form of childhood cancer.

The University of Queensland has assumed management of a successful Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM) education program that provides authentic science inquiry opportunities for regional, rural and Indigenous Queensland students.

Binge-eating in teenagers may be linked to a gene variation, according to new research from the University of Queensland.

Every year in Australia, more than 4000 people are diagnosed with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC). In more than half of these patients, the disease is already advanced and their prognosis is poor.

Let’s begin with a remarkable fact. Right now there are ten times as many microorganisms (‘microbes’) in and on your body than there are human cells.

The University of Queensland’s Professor Ian Frazer, co-creator of the cervical cancer vaccine, has won a 2015 European Inventor Award.

New treatments are on the horizon for ankylosing spondylitis and two other debilitating conditions that affect up to three per cent of the global population – thanks to a research and development deal involving University of Queensland research.

University of Queensland researchers have developed a world-first vaccine-style therapeutic approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis, a debilitating disease affecting more than 450,000 people in Australia.

Dr Andrew Brooks is part of an international team of scientists who have determined that unstructured parts of Class 1 cytokine receptors are able to interact with the inner membrane of cells.