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Gene therapy aimed at treating diabetes and obesity is the subject of an agreement between Australian researchers and a Canadian health and wellness company. The University of Queensland’s (UQ) main commercialisation company UniQuest has finalised the deal with Vancouver-based PreveCeutical Medical Inc. (PMI). The four-year research program will be led by Dr Harendra (Harry) Parekh of UQ’s School of…

A new Netflix documentary, Chasing Coral, is about to hit the world’s small screens. The University of Queensland’s Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg was the chief scientific adviser on the documentary, which starkly records and reveals the impact of climate change on the world’s coral reefs. Emmy award-winning filmmaker Jeff Orlowski’s film follows a team of divers,…

Switching off a protein produced in breast cancer cells can stop cancer progression, researchers from The University of Queensland have found. https://www.facebook.com/9NewsQueensland/videos/1896950543961823/ Dr Iman Azimi from UQ School of Pharmacy and Mater Research Institute said, when breast cancer cells were made to stop producing a protein called TRPC1, some of the pathways important in breast…

The University of Queensland has been named in the world’s top 10 universities for six subjects by a major international rankings system. The Shanghai Ranking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects for 2017 ranks UQ in the top 10 globally in Mining and Mineral Engineering (2), Ecology (3), Hospitality and Tourism Management (3), Biotechnology (7), Water…

One of the world’s foremost international business leaders will address hundreds of people at a Brisbane event next month. Mr Andrew Liveris will lead a broad-ranging conversation at the 21 July event hosted by The University of Queensland, the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE), Brisbane Marketing’s Economic Development Board and Engineers Australia, about…

Leading research and development organisation Boeing Research and Technology Australia (BR&T–Australia) has moved its Brisbane-based team into a new centre at The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus. The move is the first time in the Asia-Pacific region that Boeing has co-located research within a university. The BR&T-Australia Technology Centre at the UQ engineering research…