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.
UQ’s Global Change Institute is creating a record of the world’s coral reefs. Through their research and the publicity generated, they aim to impact policy on ocean management.
UQ researchers are working with hospitals, NGOs and industry to develop non-invasive technology for diagnosing illness, to boost mass health screening and minimise disease.
With the failure of a ‘one size fits all’ approach, UQ researchers are collaborating with The George Institute for Global Health to create a genomic resource to help develop personalised treatment options for septic shock.
The crown-of-thorns starfish is one of the Great Barrier Reef’s fiercest enemies, a voracious predator of the corals that build the reef. For an already struggling reef, these starfish pose an enormous threat.
UQ's Emeritus Professor Jake Najman is behind one of the longest-running studies of mothers and children in the world, producing results that have changed the way medical researchers think about what 'passes down the line'.
Inspired by nature, UQ researchers are mimicking the structure of pollen to create more effective antimicrobial medicines, helping to tackle one of the biggest threats facing humanity – antibiotic resistance.