Research

In a study published this month in the journal Blood, UQDI’s Professor Maher Gandhi and his colleagues at Stanford University have revealed a new technique that enables early detection of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Breast cancer research at The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute is bypassing the tumour and focusing on the environment in which the cancer lives.

University of Queensland research has shown that a high-cholesterol diet increases the spread of prostate cancer tumours to lymph nodes, lungs and bones.

Bridgestone has presented its inaugural Career Establishment Grant to a Queensland researcher to help find a cure for blood cancer – a disease which strikes 31 Australians daily.

University of Queensland research to prevent, treat and diagnose a range of cancers has been boosted by the injection of $1.78 million in Cancer Council Queensland funding.

Recreational runners are wanted for the largest online study of its kind in Australia to determine the role of genetics in exercise-induced bone and tendon injuries.

Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common form of skin cancer. One of the major causes of SCC is sun exposure, which can cause DNA damage. SCC is treatable if caught early, but if left untreated for too long, it can become malignant.

UQ Diamantina Institute researchers have received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) across seven projects in the areas of genomic medicine, cancer including melanoma and breast cancer and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.

Research into blood cancer will be boosted with a new high-level appointment at the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute.

Melanoma has a reputation for quickly developing resistance to chemotherapy, but the reason for this has remained unclear.