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Growth hormone has been identified as playing a key role in reducing inflammation and increasing survival rates following liver surgery.

5 May 2020

An international team of experts has outlined ways to manage life during the COVID-19 pandemic, using existing research from the social and behavioural sciences.

1 May 2020

Speech pathologists lack a consistent approach to communicating post-stroke recovery information to patients, a University of Queensland study has found.

1 May 2020
Diagram of people identifying mental disorders and other health issues elsewhere in the body

Researchers now have the ability to map the risks of general medical conditions such as heart and lung diseases, diabetes and cancer for people with mental disorders.

30 April 2020

ҹɫÊÓƵ’s COVID-19 vaccine has passed another important milestone, showing the ability to raise high levels of antibodies that can neutralise the virus in early pre-clinical testing.

29 April 2020
Compassionate practice is beneficial to mental health

Practising self-compassion during distressing moments can have positive effects on the brain and body, according to research from ҹɫÊÓƵ.

29 April 2020
word 'dementia" highlighted on a dictionary page

University of Queensland researchers say a new tool to measure of the quality of life of people with dementia will result in better targeted care for those living with the condition.

27 April 2020

There is no playbook for parenting in a pandemic, but parents now have a podcast they can turn to for help.

24 April 2020
L-R - Giordano Masnata, Isabelle Fleming, Mitchell Davis and Mitchell Heard. Picture by Mark Calleja

A mission to design ventilators that could serve COVID-19 patients has brought together 200 bright engineers and their students at ҹɫÊÓƵ.

20 April 2020

Australian researchers have achieved the first step in developing an early warning surveillance system to track COVID-19 prevalence in the community through tracing the presence of the novel coronavirus gene in raw sewage.

16 April 2020

Emotional, social and psychiatric problems in children and adolescents have been linked to higher levels of genetic vulnerability for adult depression.

16 April 2020

Molecules in tarantula venom could be used as an alternative to opioid pain killers for people seeking chronic pain relief.

14 April 2020

It turns out we should follow our parents' advice when we’re thinking about becoming parents ourselves, with a study finding eating the traditional ‘three-vegies’ regularly before pregnancy lowers the risk of a premature birth.

14 April 2020
A graphic representation of how a discovered compound inhibits the COVID-19 virus main protease. Credit: Professor Luke Guddat.

An international team of researchers has tested more than 10,000 compounds to identify six drug candidates that may help treat COVID-19.

9 April 2020
Two female researchers work at the lab bench as part of the vaccine project at ҹɫÊÓƵ

ҹɫÊÓƵ’s potential COVID-19 vaccine is entering an important new phase of testing with the live coronavirus to determine how effectively it induces protection against coronavirus infection.

9 April 2020