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Research using venom from a rare tarantula is one of two University of Queensland projects which have received funding to develop treatments for motor neurone disease (MND).

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Covid-19 can cause brain cells to ‘fuse’

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Researchers have shown that an Australian wild tobacco plant could be used to grow medicines in large quantities bringing us a step closer to making 'growing medicines in plants' a reality.

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Researchers have found that the venom of green ants has neurotoxins, which target nerve cells that send signals cause long-lasting pain

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Thought to be exclusively controlled by the brain, researchers have now shown that the liver also controls the circadian clock.

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Neuroscientists have uncovered how vitamin D deficiency affects developing neurons in schizophrenia

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Scientists have discovered a new pain pathway from the venom of the Australian Gympie-Gympie tree paving the way for new possible non-opioid pain relief.

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Scientists have used artificial intelligence to build a 3D model of key cell components to better understand dementia and infectious diseases including COVID-19

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Treating runaway inflammation in patients with severe COVID-19 is a step closer after a study into how immune cells respond to the virus.

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Eighteen new psychoactive drugs have been detected in 47 sites of 16 countries by an international wastewater surveillance program

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