An Eastern Brown Snake

Some of the world’s deadliest snakes could soon be saving lives, with research from The University of Queensland showing venom could be used to stop uncontrolled bleeding.

20 June 2022

A dietary fat supplement could improve the prognosis and quality of life for the 40 Australian children living with the incurable degenerative disease Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T).

21 July 2020

​A world-first study has questioned the relative benefits of robotic keyhole surgery for prostate cancer.

27 July 2016
Queensland Minister Ian Walker, left, Dr Goce Dimeski and Dr Paul Masci.

The University of Queensland has welcomed the Queensland Government’s $1 million commitment to translating medical research into better health care.

17 April 2014

Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Griffith University and University of Queensland scientists researching a degenerative brain disease have developed a new way to understand its progression and safely test potential treatments.

22 March 2013
Associate Professor Ernst Wolvetang.

Researchers at UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) are a step closer to understanding and combating the degenerative brain disease ataxia-telangiectasia.

3 July 2012

Q-Sera Pty Ltd, the latest biotechnology company formed to commercialise intellectual property from The University of Queensland (UQ), has raised $900,000 from Australia’s Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) and the Uniseed...

18 June 2012
Professor Robert Parton, from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, is leading a $7.1 million research project to study the mechanisms behind healthy cells transforming into cancerous cells.

Cutting-edge research that aims to stop the transformation of healthy cells into cancerous cells is one of nine prestigious grants and scholarships awarded to health and medical researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ).

15 December 2011

THE University of Queensland has received $38.1 million in National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grants – one of the largest shares of the funding awarded to institutions across Australia.

18 October 2011

QRxPharma Limited, established by UniQuest in 2002 to commercialise therapeutics research from The University of Queensland (UQ), has formed Venomics Pty Ltd, a company that established a joint venture with Liaoning Nuokang Medicines Co Ltd (Nuokang...

28 September 2009

Businesses, investors and community organisations interested in innovations which aim to improve health outcomes for older Australians can learn more at a special UQ presentation next Monday.

17 June 2008

University of Queensland researchers have been awarded $2.289 million in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council grants.

4 January 2007

Multi-million dollar funding is allowing University of Queensland scientists, in conjunction with the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, to broaden their search for therapeutic drugs based on the deadly venom of Australia’s snakes.

19 July 2004

A new company has been launched to commercialise an innovative blood-clotting agent derived from the venom of one of Australia’s most dangerous snakes.

23 September 2002