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💗 New hope for hard-to-treat breast cancers.TRI-based Associate Professor Fernando Guimaraes and his research team from ...
13/10/2026

💗 New hope for hard-to-treat breast cancers.

TRI-based Associate Professor Fernando Guimaraes and his research team from UQ Health have developed a novel antibody that guides the body's natural killer cells to seek out and destroy hard-to-treat tumours, including triple-negative breast cancer.

Using engineered "super" immune cells, the team has shown promising results in preclinical studies, paving the way for new immunotherapy treatments with fewer side effect, better outcomes for patients, and potential clinical trials.

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Your gut is home to trillions of microbes. But what are they actually doing in there? 🦠In the latest , Dr Wang Cao from...
11/10/2026

Your gut is home to trillions of microbes. But what are they actually doing in there? 🦠

In the latest , Dr Wang Cao from UQ Frazer Institute explains the relationship between our gut microbes and our health.

Explore how our gut microbes interact with the immune system, what prebiotics and probiotics actually do and how a varied, fibre-rich diet can help your microbiome to thrive.

Read more about the microscopic ecosystem within us via the link in the comments below ⬇️

Gut microbiota are small but mighty players in our health and wellbeing, important for digestion, nutrition production, ...
08/10/2026

Gut microbiota are small but mighty players in our health and wellbeing, important for digestion, nutrition production, immune support and even brain and mood connection.

They are a community of living microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, fungi and archaea that live in our digestive tracks.

But could they also be the key to understanding issues such as chronic gut and liver inflammation?

PhD candidate Charlie Roache from The University of Queensland and Mater Research is investigating how gut microbiota could be used to identify key signalling pathways recognised in these conditions.

Read more via the article in the comments ⬇️

Spring has well and truly sprung and so has pollen season 🌼Research by PhD candidate Max Tyler and Associate Professor N...
08/10/2026

Spring has well and truly sprung and so has pollen season 🌼

Research by PhD candidate Max Tyler and Associate Professor Nick Osborne from UQ School of Public Health, has revealed a low pollen count does not always mean a symptom-free day for people with asthma or hay fever 🤧

The findings could help inform clearer public health messaging and future approaches to personalised forecasting.

Find out more via the link in the comments ⬇️

💫Research Matters Spotlight💫A chance visit to The University of Queensland's St Lucia campus during a holiday kickstarte...
07/10/2026

💫Research Matters Spotlight💫

A chance visit to The University of Queensland's St Lucia campus during a holiday kickstarted Dr Annalisa Paolino's journey into academia.

Having finished medical school in Italy, Dr Paolino was taking a break before deciding what kind of residency she wanted to pursue. Taken in by the campus, Dr Paolino started researching the University and fell in love.

From there she applied for a position as a research assistant and has been at UQ ever since.

Now, she researches how the brain develops in two different species to determine the differences and understand what happened during evolution that led to these differences.

The research could help to understand how different environmental conditions could impact brain development. In the future it could hopefully be used to support a baby’s brain development following an early birth of challenging pregnancy.

Read about Dr Paolino’s research and journey via the link in the comments ⬇️

The immune system is incredibly complex, so much so that we still don’t quite know how a healthy immune system develops ...
02/10/2026

The immune system is incredibly complex, so much so that we still don’t quite know how a healthy immune system develops throughout childhood.

PhD student Xiaohan Xu from ’s Child Health Research Centre is searching for the answer, studying blood samples of healthy children from infancy to adolescence🩸

Through her research, Xiaohan aims to build a detailed picture of what a healthy, developing immune system looks like at different ages.

Read more about Xiaohan’s research via the link in the comments ⬇️

Creatine gummies. Creatine powders. Creatine capsules...Creatine seems to be everywhere right now...but is it worth the ...
01/10/2026

Creatine gummies. Creatine powders. Creatine capsules...

Creatine seems to be everywhere right now...but is it worth the hype?

🏋️Can creatine support muscle growth? Does it improve our cognition? 🧠 Is it safe to consume?

Professor Lauren Ball unpacks the claims surrounding creatine in the latest What the Health, and you may be surprised at what the evidence says.

Read the article via the link in the comments below👇

30/09/2026

After discovering a gap in support during her own IVF treatment, Dr Katrina Moss decided to develop a website to help others going through the fertility treatment process 💞

My IVF Support is an Australian-first website, recently launched to address the emotional and mental health toll of undergoing fertility treatment.

Written by psychologists, medical specialists and nurses, and informed by surveys and interviews with patients, partners and their supporters, My IVF Support offers jargon-free guides to help people understand treatment, what happens in each phase of the cycle and what to expect when fertility plans change.

But it also goes one step further, offering support for partners and supporters such as friends and family, to help them understand what their loved one may be experiencing and how they can support them.

It’s a tool to help navigate the emotional rollercoaster that IVF can be and aims to make people feel more supported and less alone.

Find out more about the website below, or via the link in the comments.
💕 https://myivfsupport.com.au/

The research was a collaboration between The University of Queensland Monash University and Cardiff University.

Queensland Fertility Group

New research from the Australian Women and Girls’ Health Research (AWaGHR) Centre at UQ School of Public Health has foun...
29/09/2026

New research from the Australian Women and Girls’ Health Research (AWaGHR) Centre at UQ School of Public Health has found that around one in 40 Australian women may experience intrauterine adhesions.👩‍⚕️

Intrauterine adhesions occur when scar tissue forms inside the uterus and are associated with menstrual irregularities, infertility and pregnancy loss.

Despite these significant health impacts, little has been known about how common the condition is in Australia, and more research is needed to help women living with the condition.

Read more via the link in the comments below ⬇️

In the last five decades, survival rates following a paediatric kidney transplant have improved, yet statistically child...
27/09/2026

In the last five decades, survival rates following a paediatric kidney transplant have improved, yet statistically children and young people with kidney failure don’t live as long as their healthy peers.

Dr Anna Francis from ’s Children’s Health Queensland Clinical Unit is looking to change this 💞

Kidney transplantation has become a highly successful long-term treatment for young people with end-stage kidney disease, allowing more children to survive into adulthood and experience better quality of life.

Yet, more research is needed to map out the life course impacts of kidney failure during childhood and young adulthood 📍

Through funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Dr Francis is expanding her research to do just that.

Working with colleagues at University of Sydney and ANZDATA, the research will link the national dialysis and transplant registry to state and federal health, maternity and educational datasets, to help understand the risks and hopefully identify factors to target to improve long term outcomes.

Read more about Dr Francis’ research in the article linked in the comments ⬇️

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