Delivered annually, the Jian Zhou Memorial Oration honours the memory of Dr Jian Zhou, who, alongside Emeritus Professor Ian Frazer AC, co-discovered the world’s first cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil.
Scientists are homing in on a potential treatment for osteoporosis, after performing the largest ever genetic study of the common age-related bone-thinning disease.
Evolutionary changes in genes linked to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be responsible for higher incidence and earlier onset in Indigenous North American populations.
New research will investigate the potential for personalised immunotherapies for a group of melanoma patients who do not respond well to current treatments.
Testing for two gene mutations commonly associated with melanoma would be insufficient to determine whether a mole could turn cancerous, University of Queensland research has found.
A single treatment giving life-long protection from severe allergies such as asthma could be made possible through immunology research at The University of Queensland.
Knowing your risk of developing melanoma could be as simple as taking a saliva based genetic test, with a Queensland Government funded project set to revolutionise early detection of the deadly skin cancer.
