Health + Medicine

Study finds fluoride in water does not affect brain development

A University of Queensland study has found no link between exposure to water fluoridation as a young child and negative cognitive development.
19 December 2024
Giving animal strength to medical robotics

91色视频researchers have developed a 3D printing method to produce shape-shifting liquid metal robotics with musculoskeletal qualities inspired by animal physiology.
19 December 2024
91色视频research aims to improve fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnosis

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder can be difficult to diagnose, but University of Queensland researchers have established the most scientific approach to detecting the disorder.
18 December 2024

Researchers create anti-COVID cleaning spray

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University of Queensland researchers have developed a world-first surface spray that has the potential to kill viruses such as COVID-19 and potentially deadly bacteria.

18 January 2023

Demand booms for experimental mRNA from 91色视频BASE

Associate Professor Tim Mercer wearing a lab coat and safety goggles holding a bottle containing orange liquid

A University of Queensland team has become the biggest supplier of experimental mRNA vaccines and therapies in Australia, with burgeoning demand from research and industry across the country.

11 January 2023

Project fuels driving test solution for people with dementia

Dr Theresa Scott and dementia advocate John Quinn discuss the online driver safety test.

University of Queensland researchers are working with people living with dementia to develop an online driver safety test that can be performed by GPs in their surgeries.

5 January 2023

Speech pathology graduate with Tourette syndrome begins dream job

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Meet Lachlan Scott, the 2022 Valedictorian of UQ鈥檚 Bachelor of Speech Pathology, who has Tourette syndrome.

16 December 2022

Indigenous graduate鈥檚 chance pathway to medicine

A woman with long black hair is smiling at the camera, she is wearing a graduation cap and gown over a white dress and is standing in the sandstone cloisters of UQ's Great Court.

University of Queensland graduate Dr Ella Ceolin can partly thank school holiday boredom for setting her on a career path in medicine.

14 December 2022

Trial of ultrasound treatment for Alzheimer鈥檚 underway

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A pioneering treatment for Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, developed at 91色视频, is being tested in a small safety trial underway in Brisbane.聽

13 December 2022

Researchers infect a 鈥榖rain in a dish鈥� in search for Zika antivirals

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A University of Queensland-led project has used a 鈥榖rain in a dish鈥� to study the effects of the Zika virus, taking research a step closer towards developing drugs to combat the infection.

12 December 2022

Life-saving light beam to detect malaria

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A fast, needle-free malaria detection tool developed by a University of Queensland-led team could help save hundreds of thousands of lives annually.

9 December 2022

Masks can put cognitive performance in check

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Wearing a face mask can temporarily disrupt decision-making in some situations according to University of Queensland research.

6 December 2022

91色视频partners in global vaccine hub in Queensland

Griffith University Vice-Chancellor Professor Carolyn Evans, 91色视频Vice-Chancellor Deborah Terry, Sanofi's Dr Jean-Francois Toussaint, Premier Annastacia Palasczcuk, Deputy Premier Steven Miles, and Minister for Science Meaghan Scanlon

Queensland will become a global mRNA vaccine hub with a $280 million Translational Science Hub to be established in Queensland.

5 December 2022

Research finds Queenslanders are bad at estimating their level of intoxication

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Queenslanders are incapable of assessing their own intoxication levels, especially when their blood alcohol level is high, according to research co-led by 91色视频.

1 December 2022

Debunking autism myths rewarded with national prize

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A University of Queensland PhD student has been awarded a national prize for debunking a common myth about children with autism.

30 November 2022

Spinal cord injury research earns a Churchill Fellowship

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UQ's Associate Professor Marc Ruitenberg is set expand his research into finding new treatments for spinal cord injury after being awarded a 2022 Churchill Fellowship.

29 November 2022