A partnership between the biomaterials research team and the US Department of Defense has harnessed two proteins from deadly snake venom that can help stop bleeding at a faster rate than ever before.
What if we could design a computer application like Google Earth where scientists can zoom in to see not land or buildings, but microscopic human cells up close – and so spot disease?
Participants between the ages of 20 and 64 received 1 of 3 different doses. Eight weeks later, all the participants in 2 of the dose groups (half of the total group) were in remission.
Researchers at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute have been studying ‘roadblocks’ in the brain and believe they are now on track to eliminating them – and possibly Alzheimer’s disease itself.
Dr Lowry, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Microbial Diagnostics and Characterisation Group, is currently researching the types of respiratory viruses that have circulated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“What we try to do as scientists is provide a whole series of tools that help plant breeders make better predictions about how to design a new variety that will work on that farm or work in that particular environment."
