Biomedical and clinical sciences

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'.

Once breast cancer spreads to the brain it is inevitably fatal within months, but UQ researchers are working to try and improve this outlook.

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.

Esteemed UQ researcher Jake Najman’s drug and alcohol research stretches across decades, documenting ever-evolving attitudes towards substance use

Better designed vaccines for insect-spread viruses like dengue and Zika are likely after researchers discovered models of immature flavivirus particles were originally misinterpreted.

Thanks to pioneering UQ research, people suffering from inflammatory bowel disease and rare blood disorders worldwide could soon benefit from safer and more convenient treatments.

Across the globe, more than eight billion scans have been completed to date using world-leading magnetic resonance imaging technology developed at UQ.

How an African herbal tea launched a revolutionary line of medicine.

By creating the world’s first molecule bank, UQ scientists are working with industry and institutional partners to crowdsource antibiotic compounds, aiming to seek out new antibiotics and prevent the proliferation of drug-resistant superbugs.

Chronic pain is very hard to live with but, thanks to the perseverance of UQ pharmaceutical research, help may soon be at hand for the millions of people around the world in desperate need of respite.