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Eight years of hard work has paid off for student Bethany Holt, who graduates today as the valedictorian for The University of Queensland’s Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery program.

The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine has received 18 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants for 2018, totalling more than $20 million.

Researchers at The University of Queensland are hoping a new form of immunotherapy could lead to better treatment of type 1 diabetes.

Adding aspirin to some existing cancer drugs could increase their effectiveness against a group of tumours resistant to treatment, new research has shown.

Forty two babies are stillborn in Australia every week, and 60 per cent of them are recorded as “unexplained”.

The rollout of low aromatic fuel has contributed to significant and sustained reduction in petrol sniffing and associated health problems in Indigenous communities, studies have found.

New research partnerships tackling health challenges in the Pacific are expected to result from a unique gathering at The University of Queensland in 2018.

New research shows that chronic stress suppresses the immune system’s response to cancer, reducing the effectiveness of immunotherapy treatments.

Researchers have shown a single blood test could identify which patients reporting to hospital with chest pain were at low risk of imminent heart attacks.

Human trials of an innovative treatment for rheumatoid arthritis developed by The University of Queensland have begun in Brisbane.

Researchers from The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine have been awarded $2.47 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to tackle important health challenges including obesity and infertility.

Women who consume alcohol around the time of conception could be putting their male offspring at greater risk of obesity in later life.

University of Queensland kidney and chronic disease researcher Professor Wendy Hoy has been elected to the Council of the Australian Academy of Science (AAS).

Abstaining from alcohol during preconception and pregnancy is usually considered to be the woman’s responsibility. But recent research is also pointing to a link between alcohol and poor sperm development, meaning the onus is on expectant fathers too.

Internationally-renowned gastroenterologist Professor Richard McCallum has been appointed an honorary professor at The University of Queensland.

Scientists and clinicians are warning of the massive setbacks facing modern medicine if the effectiveness of antibiotics is lost.

Australia has recorded 221,853 flu infections so far in 2017, more than any other year. As the flu season comes to an end, we’re beginning to understand why it was so bad. And it wasn’t because of increased, or more sensitive, testing.

While we prefer not to think about it, death affects us all at some point. But that conversation is forced much earlier than anticipated for families whose child is diagnosed with a life-limiting illness.

University of Queensland researchers have unravelled the cellular process which may help to explain why tall people are at increased risk of several types of cancer.

There are at least 2.6 million stillbirths a year across the world. More than 2,000 families each year lose a baby to stillbirth in Australia, equating to six stillborn babies every day.