University of Queensland researchers have identified a pathway in cells that could be used to reprogram the body’s immune system to fight back against chronic inflammatory and infectious diseases.
19 January 2023Holding off the rise of superbugs could be achieved by ‘resuscitating’ old antibiotics, with The University of Queensland researchers leading an international project to help combat the growing threat.
23 February 2021Tissue engineering experts say future biomaterials will need to mimic the human body’s “stretch and squidge” properties.
17 September 2020Antibiotics discovered at The University of Queensland will be fast-tracked under a $A16 million international research deal.
23 June 2020Compounds containing metals could hold the key to the next generation of antibiotics to combat the growing threat of global antibiotic resistance.
27 February 2020A promising new therapy to stop Parkinson’s disease in its tracks has been developed at The University of Queensland.
1 November 2018An old drug supercharged by UQ researchers has emerged as a new antibiotic that could destroy some of the world’s most dangerous superbugs.
5 January 2018Inflazome 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 2016A young superbug researcher at The University of Queensland is seeking public support in her bid to win the Centenary Institute’s Lawrence Creative Prize people’s choice award.
25 August 2015University of Queensland researchers have launched a global search to discover antibiotics capable of combating superbug bacteria that are resistant to current antibiotics.
19 June 2015Dangerous superbug clones have successfully spread beyond the borders of the Middle East Gulf States, University of Queensland researchers have found.
14 April 2015A 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 2015We’ve heard a lot lately about superbugs – bacteria that are resistant to current antibiotics. But as the threat of superbugs continues to rise, the number of new treatments available has flatlined. This has placed us dangerously close to the edge...
14 January 2015University of Queensland researchers have discovered antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the Middle East which is cloaking itself in genetic material to avoid detection and placing the population at increased risk of deadly infections.
2 June 2014While many students took a well-earned break over summer, Brisbane woman Cindy Bermudez spent her holidays studying plants, bacteria and fungi in an effort to find treatments for infectious diseases.
4 March 2014Researchers have developed a new method for rapidly measuring the level of antibiotic molecules in the blood and how they work against bacteria, paving the way for personalised treatments for bacterial diseases.
3 March 2014Australian researchers have found that zinc can ‘starve’ one of the world’s most deadly microbes by preventing its uptake of an essential metal.
13 November 2013A collaborative research project aimed at discovering a drug to treat a highly resistant form of breast cancer is one of two projects given the green light by the Queensland Emory Development (QED) Alliance.
7 November 2013Researchers at The University of Queensland are working with international collaborators to develop a new set of global health goals.
7 November 2012