Professor Glenn King

Spiders have helped researchers from Australia and the US discover a new target for irritable bowel syndrome pain.

7 June 2016
We’re in a protracted war against superbugs because we’ve overused existing antibiotics: a key weapon against disease.

We’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 2015
The potentially devastating E. coli ST131 superbug

An international study led by The University of Queensland has tracked a potentially devastating multi-drug resistant E. coli strain that is only one gene away from being resistant to almost all antibiotics.

1 April 2014
Professor Matt Brown ... tackling rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculosis

A Queensland medical researcher who is on the trail of genetic markers for rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculosis has won the state’s top science prize.

16 May 2013