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The University of Queensland's Centre for Clinical Research has received $2 million in funding from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) for state-of-the-art imaging equipment that will improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in patients.

A recent study from The University of Queensland's Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR) delivers some of the first empirical data about public attitudes towards performance enhancing drugs.

The UQ Centre for Clinical Research is tackling Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) by educating the public about the dangers of drinking during pregnancy.

A new study from The University of Queensland shows monitoring the brain of stroke patients using Quantitative EEG (QEEG) studies could inform treatments and therefore, minimising brain damage of stroke victims.

Australian life sciences researchers will translate their discoveries into commercial products faster thanks to a newly established Queensland Node of the Therapeutic Innovation Australia (TIA – Qld Node).

Researchers at UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) are a step closer to understanding and combating the degenerative brain disease ataxia-telangiectasia.

The University of Queensland School of Dentistry’s Oral Oncology Research Program has secured major grant funding to support new research.

A University of Queensland researcher has discovered nine new genes that drive the development of breast cancer, taking the tally of all genes associated with breast cancer development to 40.

Research is urgently needed into the cumulative effects of head trauma over long periods, according to articles released online today by the Medical Journal of Australia.

A new multi-million dollar Asia-Pacific Centre for Neuromodulation (APCN) in Brisbane is poised to become a world leader in research to revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disease.

University of Queensland scientists have developed a world-first method for producing adult stem cells that will substantially impact patients who have a range of serious diseases.

A new Australian drug study published today in The Lancet has found that cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug globally, while opioid use is a major cause of death.

On November 30, Associate Professor Kiarash Khosrotehrani from the UQ Centre for Clinical Research, received an achievement award at the National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) 75th Anniversary Symposium.

Queensland criminal justice workers to tackle Australia's hidden disability - fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

The RoCan (Rotarians against Ovarian Cancer) Trust recently committed to donating $150,000 to UQCCR over three years. This gift is for the purpose of developing better diagnostic tests for earlier detection and screening of ovarian cancer.

In a spectacular result for University of Queensland researchers, UQ is above world standard in more fields of research than any other Australian university.