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class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/new-oral-drug-calm-abdominal-pain">New oral drug to calm abdominal pain </a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/11/new-oral-drug-calm-abdominal-pain"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/333021/IMB oxytocin abdonimal pain Adobe 620W.jpg?itok=8Oc-wNe4" alt="an older woman sits on a sofa clutching her stomach" title="Image: Adobe. " /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/new-oral-drug-calm-abdominal-pain">New oral drug to calm abdominal pain </a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">UQ researchers have developed a new class of oral painkillers to suppress chronic abdominal pain based on the peptide hormone oxytocin that drives childbirth contractions.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">18 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/age-related-health-decline-predictor-of-future-dementia-risk">Age related health decline a predictor of future dementia risk</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/age-related-health-decline-predictor-of-future-dementia-risk"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/332592/MC Dementia risk 620w.jpg?itok=K_Gps_If" alt="Older man and woman exercising at home with elastics and weights." title="Image: Adobe." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/age-related-health-decline-predictor-of-future-dementia-risk">Age related health decline a predictor of future dementia risk</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">An international study led by a UQ researcher has found frailty increases a person’s risk of dementia, but early intervention may be the key to prevention.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">12 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/volunteers-needed-trial-of-newly-developed-vaccine-candidate-respiratory-diseases">Volunteers needed for trial of newly developed vaccine candidate for respiratory diseases</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/11/volunteers-needed-trial-of-newly-developed-vaccine-candidate-respiratory-diseases"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/332746/MC Clamp2 620W.jpg?itok=2leXtR7g" alt="Professor Keith Chappell in the lab using a centrifuge" title="Professor Keith Chappell, who co-invented the molecular clamp." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/volunteers-needed-trial-of-newly-developed-vaccine-candidate-respiratory-diseases">Volunteers needed for trial of newly developed vaccine candidate for respiratory diseases</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">Recruitment is underway for a clinical trial testing a vaccine candidate produced with The University of Queensland’s molecular clamp technology against life-threatening respiratory viruses.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">7 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/uq-researchers-reveal-long-silent-history-of-sports-concussion">UQ researchers reveal the long, silent history of sports concussion</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/11/uq-researchers-reveal-long-silent-history-of-sports-concussion"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/332733/HaBS-History-of-Concussion-boxing-gloves-Drupal.jpg?itok=jfyUIJU-" alt="A black and white image of a pair of old leather boxing gloves hanging against a brick wall" title="Image: Adobe" /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/uq-researchers-reveal-long-silent-history-of-sports-concussion">UQ researchers reveal the long, silent history of sports concussion</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">UQ researchers have uncovered the hidden history of concussion in sport, finding the brain-trauma crisis has a long and complex past. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">5 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/call-volunteers-quit-smoking-study-benefits">Call for volunteers for quit smoking study with benefits</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/call-volunteers-quit-smoking-study-benefits"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/332386/MC Max Up UQ recruit 620W.jpg?itok=vpwD2JSM" alt="a person lied on a bed with their feet in a round machine and another person stands nearby" title="Study participants will have a free CT scan of their lungs. " /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/call-volunteers-quit-smoking-study-benefits">Call for volunteers for quit smoking study with benefits</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">Queenslanders who want to give up smoking can access free nicotine replacement therapies and potentially life-saving lung cancer screening by participating in a new study.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">1 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/uq-pharmacy-researcher-celebrated-excellence-indigenous-education">UQ Pharmacy researcher celebrated for excellence in Indigenous education </a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/uq-pharmacy-researcher-celebrated-excellence-indigenous-education"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/332640/MC t&l week Jared Miles 530W.jpg?itok=v6D1wyp2" alt="Three people standing on a stage, one of them holding a trophy " title="2024 UQ Indigenous Educator Award for Teaching Excellence winner Dr Jared Miles (centre) with Chancellor Peter Varghese AO (left) and Vice Chancellor Deborah Terry AC (right)." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/uq-pharmacy-researcher-celebrated-excellence-indigenous-education">UQ Pharmacy researcher celebrated for excellence in Indigenous education </a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">A First Nations UQ academic is aiming to help address the under representation of Indigenous people in Australia’s pharmacy workforce.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">31 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/two-uq-researchers-honoured-aahms-fellows-2024">Two UQ researchers honoured as AAHMS Fellows for 2024</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/two-uq-researchers-honoured-aahms-fellows-2024"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/332062/MC AAHMS Prof James Ward 530W tall.jpg?itok=pL4mckYJ" alt="A man with greying hair and beard wearing a navy shirt stands with sandstone columns behind him." title="Professor James Ward, new AAHMS Fellow and recipient of the academy's inaugural medal for Outstanding First Nations Researcher. " /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/two-uq-researchers-honoured-aahms-fellows-2024">Two UQ researchers honoured as AAHMS Fellows for 2024</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">An Aboriginal epidemiologist and a leading gynaecologic oncologist have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">25 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/09/do-traits-we-value-partner-predict-who-we-pursue">Do the traits we value in a partner predict who we pursue?</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/09/do-traits-we-value-partner-predict-who-we-pursue"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/330987/habs-speed-dating.jpg?itok=3cZPMfDj" alt="A man and a woman on a date, the woman holding a drink" title="Image: Adobe" /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/09/do-traits-we-value-partner-predict-who-we-pursue">Do the traits we value in a partner predict who we pursue?</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">UQ research has found the traits people value in a romantic partner can influence their dating choices. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">15 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/boosting-quality-of-life-people-advanced-breast-cancer">Boosting quality of life for people with advanced breast cancer </a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/boosting-quality-of-life-people-advanced-breast-cancer"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/331615/MC Breast Cancer trial 620w.jpg?itok=sw2n6lAD" alt="Woman wearing head scarf power walking through park. Adobe" title="Image, Adobe." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/boosting-quality-of-life-people-advanced-breast-cancer">Boosting quality of life for people with advanced breast cancer </a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">Two hundred people are being recruited for a major study investigating how diet and exercise can help those living with metastatic breast cancer.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">11 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/spider-venom-heart-drug-moves-clinical-trials">Spider venom heart drug moves to clinical trials </a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/spider-venom-heart-drug-moves-clinical-trials"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/331335/IMB Spider venom drug trial Glenn King_620w.jpg?itok=Saxq0FcG" alt="A male scientist in a lab coat and goggles holds a pipette above a large black spider in a container." title="Professor Glenn King in the lab with a funnel web spider. " /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/spider-venom-heart-drug-moves-clinical-trials">Spider venom heart drug moves to clinical trials </a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">A UQ-led project to develop the first-ever drug to treat heart attack and protect donor hearts will move to human clinical trials, after receiving $17.8 million in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">7 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/uq-chairs-gathering-of-global-flu-experts">UQ chairs gathering of global flu experts</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/uq-chairs-gathering-of-global-flu-experts"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/331381/MC Options flu conference Adobe 530W.jpg?itok=HmCMfy-6" alt="An illustration of red virus cells against a light blue background." title="Image: Adobe." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/uq-chairs-gathering-of-global-flu-experts">UQ chairs gathering of global flu experts</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">More than 1,400 experts have visited Brisbane for the world’s only scientific meeting dedicated to influenza, chaired by UQ's Associate Professor Kirsty Short. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">4 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/child-tube-feeding-research-wins-uq%E2%80%99s-2024-3mt-final">Child tube-feeding research wins UQ’s 2024 3MT final</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/child-tube-feeding-research-wins-uq%E2%80%99s-2024-3mt-final"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/331212/241002 3MT-claire reilly-620W.jpg?itok=0_L4ADiY" alt="An award recipient holding up a large cheque" title="UQ 3MT 2024 winner, Claire Reilly." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/child-tube-feeding-research-wins-uq%E2%80%99s-2024-3mt-final">Child tube-feeding research wins UQ’s 2024 3MT final</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">A PhD candidate whose research aims to address the challenges faced by families of children with temporary feeding tubes has won the UQ 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">3 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/relationship-between-sleep-and-pain-not-what-we-think">Relationship between sleep and pain is not what we think</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/relationship-between-sleep-and-pain-not-what-we-think"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/331062/sleep chronic pain 620W.jpg?itok=vIl_uvBl" alt="Dr David Klyne fits Wolbert van den Hoorn with a sleep monitoring device on his head" title="Dr David Klyne fits Dr Wolbert van den Hoorn with a sleep monitoring device." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/relationship-between-sleep-and-pain-not-what-we-think">Relationship between sleep and pain is not what we think</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">A University of Queensland study investigating the links between sleep and pain could fundamentally change the way doctors and clinicians treat people with chronic pain.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">2 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/09/lab-grown-spines-unlock-safer-treatment-women-epilepsy">Lab-grown spines unlock safer treatment for women with epilepsy</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/09/lab-grown-spines-unlock-safer-treatment-women-epilepsy"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/330963/AIBN spinal cord organoids 530W.jpg?itok=HE6gBLIf" alt="A 3D high resolution image showing multicoloured tiny dots in a long, organic shape against a black background. " title="3D high resolution imaging of a spinal cord organoid." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/09/lab-grown-spines-unlock-safer-treatment-women-epilepsy">Lab-grown spines unlock safer treatment for women with epilepsy</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">UQ researchers have made a significant step towards enabling women with epilepsy safer access to a common and highly effective anti-seizure medication. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">1 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/09/uq-student-completes-phd-against-odds">UQ student completes PhD against the odds</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/09/uq-student-completes-phd-against-odds"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/330255/mc-matt-krazter.jpg?itok=--yl1g2-" alt="" title="Dr Matt Kratzer and his dad George, who was his kidney donor. 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