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UQ researchers are attempting to create a vaccine in just 150 days to prove how far their response capabilities to a viral pandemic have come since COVID-19.

Years of scouring the bush and breeding work at UQ have resulted in new varieties of a native Australian plant valuable to the global pharmaceutical industry.

Canine hookworms are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs across Australia and New Zealand, according to new research.

More than 1,400 experts have visited Brisbane for the world’s only scientific meeting dedicated to influenza, chaired by UQ's Associate Professor Kirsty Short.

UQ researchers have discovered a mechanism in DNA that regulates how disease-causing mutations are inherited.

Researchers from The University of Queensland have identified how a common bacterium is able to manipulate the human immune system during respiratory infections and cause persistent illness.

Forty-five per cent of patients admitted to hospital for atrial fibrillation (AF) in Australia and New Zealand die within a decade, according to University of Queensland research.

UQ researchers have discovered how the ‘on-switch’ for the body’s inflammation machinery can get stuck and cause rare genetic inflammatory diseases.

More than 4,750 students have received offers to study at The University of Queensland in the state’s major offer round taking the total number so far to more than 9,900 for Semester 1.