Genes and mental illness: The potential of genetic discoveries to deliver better treatments
Did you know your genes play an important role in the risk of having a mental illness? Over the past decade, scientists have discovered hundreds of genes linked to all mental health conditions inclu...
9 Okt 202215min
The liver: Its super power, its Achilles heel and the science on liver detoxing
One-in-four Australians have fatty liver disease, most don't even know it. With over two decades leading liver research in Australia, Professor Grant Ramm is excited about the possibility of repairing...
30 Aug 202214min
How does chronic Graft-Versus-Host-Disease impact the brain?
Research has shown for the first time how a complication of life-saving stem-cell transplants used for blood cancer patients, impacts the brain. It’s an important step towards improving the quality of...
1 Aug 202216min
A conversation with philanthropist and entrepreneur Clive Berghofer AM
Imagine leaving school at 13 and becoming one of Australia's richest 200 people.Clive Berghofer AM has achieved just that, turning his work ethic, business acumen, and remarkable generosity to extraor...
20 Juli 202238min
Breast cancer gene research helping avoid unnecessary preventive mastectomies
Is a mastectomy the right option for all women with changes in the #BRCA genes? No – yet women who carry a BRCA variant of “uncertain” significance are unnecessarily having preventive mastectomies. Th...
8 Juni 202217min
New culprit found to cause shellfish allergy
If you're allergic to shellfish - you were first allergic to something else! A new study unearthed the real cause, hopefully leading to better diagnosis and treatment of serious allergies. Associate P...
24 Maj 202220min
How Australia is helping to fight for a sunbed ban in England
The story of how commercial sunbeds came to be banned in Australia is incredibly powerful, and two QIMR Berghofer researchers played an integral role in that momentous campaign. Now the world-first mo...
16 Maj 202218min
Discovering new anti-malaria drugs to treat one of the world's biggest health problems
Malaria remains a major global health problem with nearly half of the world's population at risk of contracting malaria. In 2020, the World Health Organisation estimated there were 240 million cases o...
25 Apr 20229min
