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University of Queensland Professor Andreas Obermair has been presented with the 2017 Jeannie Ferris Cancer Australia Recognition Award for his contributions to improving healthcare for women diagnosed with gynaecological cancer.

A drop of blood holds the key to improving the effective use of antibiotic treatments in critically ill patients.

Thanks to early detection and advances in treatment, breast cancer survival rates have improved significantly in recent years.

Four UQ Faculty of Medicine researchers were acknowledged at the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Research awards in Canberra.

Reactivity to Novel Autoantigens in Patients with Coexisting Central Nervous System Demyelinating Disease and Autoimmune Thyroid Disease.

Placental exosomes as early biomarker of preeclampsia - Potential role of exosomal microRNAs across gestation.

A University of Queensland researcher has been awarded $750,000 from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to improve the fertility of dairy cows.

Three University of Queensland researchers have each received $1 million from the FightMND foundation for clinical trials to help fast-track potential treatments for motor neurone disease.

University of Queensland researchers say increased media coverage and greater public awareness has led to a misconception that mental health problems are becoming more common in Australia, although the evidence is that prevalence rates have remained stable.

Australian and Chinese experts in antibiotic resistance meet today to focus their attention on one of the biggest threats to global health.

The brain waves of healthy newborns – which appear more abnormal than those of severe stroke victims – could be used to accurately predict which babies will have neurodevelopmental disorders.

Understanding how the brain processes social information could advise brain stimulation treatments in conditions such as schizophrenia and autism.

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has committed more than A$1.3 million from its Breast Cancer Research Program to a Queensland study tackling the spread of tumours to the brain.

Researchers from The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine are celebrating success in the Queensland Government’s Advance Queensland Fellowships scheme.

Keyhole surgery should be the preferred standard of care for women needing a hysterectomy for endometrial cancer, an international clinical trial has shown.

More breast cancer patients could benefit from treatments currently used only for patients with a faulty BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, an international research collaboration has shown.

New research could pave the way for more precise treatments for potentially deadly respiratory infections in children with the rare disease ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T).

A new study could pave the way for a simple blood or saliva test to predict whether an expectant mother is likely to have a preterm birth.

Projects tackling key health challenges of antimicrobial use and skin cancer are the first to be funded under a flagship initiative by The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine.

An international research collaboration has revealed clusters or ‘hotspots’ of genetic mutations known as ‘tandem duplications’ may contribute to the growth of breast cancer.