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8 November 2012UQ scientists are pressing ahead with development of two advanced vaccines that stand to save the Queensland cattle industry more than $340 million a year.
18 July 2012Development of stem cell research for treating human cells damaged through injury, disease or ageing has taken a step forward in Queensland.
19 June 2012TenasiTech Pty Ltd, a materials science start-up company from UniQuest based on University of Queensland research, has secured A$1.4 million in grants and equity capital from the Queensland Government and Uniseed
19 June 2012Researchers at The University of Queensland's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology are working with colleagues at the Pasteur Institute in Vietnam to progress research in vaccine development for pandemic avian influenza.
15 November 2011Australian researchers aim to use a newly-funded collaboration to develop a new generation of cancer treatment, “supercharging” antibodies with a drug delivery vehicle for targeting tumours.
10 July 2011The University of Queensland has produced the first Australian batch of a new candidate vaccine against the H1N1 “swine flu” virus.
29 June 2009New drugs, chemicals and surfaces will be the focus of new $30 million facilities at The University of Queensland.
28 May 2009Early diagnosis and tailored treatment of disease are the potential outcomes a new centre to be formed in The University of Queensland’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.
18 May 2009Five talented Vietnamese researchers will share in a $1 million University of Queensland scholarship package for PhDs in UQ’s leading research institutes.
22 April 2009Students graduating at The University of Queensland today will have the added honour as the last cohort to come under the Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences banner.
1 December 2008