UQ researchers have discovered how the ‘on-switch’ for the body’s inflammation machinery can get stuck and cause rare genetic inflammatory diseases.
19 March 2024
A treatment to prevent runaway inflammation in patients with severe COVID-19 is a step closer after a University of Queensland-led study into how immune cells respond to the virus.
3 May 2023Important research projects addressing challenges from skin cancer to traffic injuries at The University of Queensland have been awarded more than $50 million from the Australian Government.
16 September 2021
A discovery by University of Queensland pain researchers may allow some future cancer patients, including children with leukaemia, to avoid their chemotherapy’s worst and most debilitating side effects.
15 March 2021
A startup company developing treatments for inflammatory diseases based on a research partnership between The University of Queensland and Trinity College Dublin has been acquired in a landmark deal – one of the largest in Australian and Irish...
22 September 2020
Inflazome, a biotech company developing new drugs to block harmful inflammation, has secured further investment of $63 million.
28 November 2018
A new understanding of one of the body’s immune defence mechanisms could lead to the development of novel therapeutic targets for conditions such as cancer and autoimmune diseases, a University of Queensland study has revealed.
30 August 2018
A discovery by Queensland scientists could be the key to stopping damage caused by uncontrolled inflammation in a range of common diseases including liver disease, Alzheimer’s and gout.
7 February 2018
Inflazome Ltd, a company founded on research from The University of Queensland (UQ) and Trinity College Dublin, has closed a Series A financing round of up to €15 million (A$22 million).
12 September 2016
A University of Queensland research team has been awarded a grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to target brain inflammation in people with Parkinson’s disease.
6 March 2015
University of Queensland researchers will play a key role in a new $39 million research centre working to unravel the secrets of the immune system.
20 October 2014
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has recognised the achievements of prominent University of Queensland alumni Dr Sallyanne Atkinson AO and Professor Adéle Green AC for their long-term dedication to the community...
2 June 2014
University of Queensland palaeontologist Dr Gilbert Price has been named the 2013 Queensland Tall Poppy of the Year.
21 November 2013Eight researchers and two research supervisors working across a range of disciplines were celebrated at a University of Queensland awards ceremony tonight.
17 September 2013
Tim Paris from the University of Western Sydney has beaten 42 competitors from Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Fiji to win the 2012 Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Trans-Tasman competition hosted by UQ yesterday.
12 October 2012
Researchers at UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) have received over $3 million from the Queensland Government to combat diseases including type 2 diabetes and to study sugarcane soils to advance environmentally sustainable food and...
19 June 2012
Medical imaging technologies, diabetes II treatments, animal health vaccines and biomedical implants are among University of Queensland research activities to receive vital Queensland Government support, announced this week.
19 June 2012IMB researchers took out two of the four awards on offer at the recent Queensland Health and Medical Research Awards.
18 August 2010
