Imagine if doctors could tailor cancer treatments for individual patients, training their immune system to recognise and precisely target their tumour cells without harming healthy tissue.
First-time blood donors don’t always make it from booking an appointment to actually showing up. To improve attendance, a ¿ì²¥É«Ç鯬 researcher has continued a 15-year collaboration with the Australian Red Cross Blood Service to allay donors’ fears and bolster attendance rates.
¿ì²¥É«ÇéÆ¬â€™s Global Change Institute is creating a record of the world’s coral reefs. Through their research and the publicity generated, they aim to impact policy on ocean management.
¿ì²¥É«Ç鯬 researchers are working with hospitals, NGOs and industry to develop non-invasive technology for diagnosing illness, to boost mass health screening and minimise disease.
With the failure of a ‘one size fits all’ approach, ¿ì²¥É«Ç鯬 researchers are collaborating with The George Institute for Global Health to create a genomic resource to help develop personalised treatment options for septic shock.
The crown-of-thorns starfish is one of the Great Barrier Reef’s fiercest enemies, a voracious predator of the corals that build the reef. For an already struggling reef, these starfish pose an enormous threat.
¿ì²¥É«Ç鯬's Emeritus Professor Jake Najman is behind one of the longest-running studies of mothers and children in the world, producing results that have changed the way medical researchers think about what 'passes down the line'.
A food scientist from ¿ì²¥É«Ç鯬 is working with Indigenous communities to unlock a lucrative industry – using Kakadu plum to extend the storage life of food.