A team of microbiologists and immunologists has completed the first steps towards developing a universal vaccine against Group A Streptococcus (Strep-A).
Gut bacteria plays a key role in triggering several chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases affecting the spine and joints, a University of Queensland study has found.
Researchers at The University of Queensland have dosed 5 participants in the first clinical trial of a potentially revolutionary immunotherapy drug to treat Type 1 diabetes.
Delivered annually, the Jian Zhou Memorial Oration honours the memory of Dr Jian Zhou, who, alongside Emeritus Professor Ian Frazer AC, co-discovered the world’s first cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil.
Scientists are homing in on a potential treatment for osteoporosis, after performing the largest ever genetic study of the common age-related bone-thinning disease.
Evolutionary changes in genes linked to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be responsible for higher incidence and earlier onset in Indigenous North American populations.
New research will investigate the potential for personalised immunotherapies for a group of melanoma patients who do not respond well to current treatments.
