Imagine if doctors could tailor cancer treatments for individual patients, training their immune system to recognise and precisely target their tumour cells without harming healthy tissue.
Women are largely being excluded from decisions about conservation and natural resources, with potentially detrimental effects on conservation efforts globally, according to research.
Australia’s response to the COVID pandemic has been a spectacular success, but has come at significant economic and broader health costs. To avoid another surge in case numbers, it is crucial that we plan for the coming months as we head into 2021.
How UQ archaeologists are helping transform the world’s understanding of how we first became farmers and creating new connections between a community and their past to conserve heritage in the future.
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Physical distancing measures during the first COVID-19 outbreak led to the closure of libraries, theatres, gyms, cafes and community centres across Australia. Such places are particularly crucial for retirees.
Contrary to what might have been expected, working from home was one part of the pandemic response that went remarkably smoothly. Most kinds of office work continued almost as if nothing had changed.