Research

Scientists at The University of Queensland's Diamantina Institute (UQDI) and Monash University have made a breakthrough in understanding the high-risk genes behind people’s development of rheumatoid arthritis.

A University of Queensland researcher is combining genetics and statistics to shed new light on conditions such as coronary heart disease, asthma and diabetes.

University of Queensland researchers have contributed to the development of a new approach to detecting coeliac disease, revealing the immune disorder is far more common than previously recognised.

A University of Queensland spin-off company is about to start clinical trials that could result in the prevention and treatment of genital herpes, a virus that affects hundreds of thousands of people, threatens newborn babies and is believed to contribute to the development of HIV.

Scientists are closer to unravelling a 40-year-old genetic mystery, after identifying a further 13 regions of the human genome linked to a debilitating form of arthritis.

Invasive procedures for removing non-melanoma skin cancers such as freezing or surgery may soon be a thing of the past.

Researchers at The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute (UQDI) have developed a new predictive diagnostic test to determine patient response to a head and neck cancer treatment.

The University of Queensland has received a major funding boost to its development of a saliva test to diagnose the early stages of head and neck cancer linked to Human Papillomavirus (HPV).

Research toward understanding the developmental risk of type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a step closer after a major funding announcement by JDRF, the world’s largest charitable funder of T1D research.

Coridon is recruiting volunteers for a study of the incidence of herpes antibodies in young people with no current, or previous, symptoms of infection.