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Leafy vegetables identified as potential metal mining tools: Certain plants are 'hyperaccumulators' that can extract toxic yet valuable metals from contaminated soils through their roots and shoots, in a way that could be ideal for metallurgical extraction and re-use in technologies.

22 days ago news.uq.edu.au biology

Researchers may have discovered a new way to diagnose and treat major depression at the earliest stage of the condition, giving patients the best opportunity for recovery.

55 days ago news.uq.edu.au neuroscience

The types of fats we consume directly impacts the survival and strength of the body’s immune cells and ability to fight disease: diet with a lower ratio of polyunsaturated fatty acids to monounsaturated fatty acids makes T cells much more resilient and resistant to cell death

2 months ago news.uq.edu.au biology disease

University of Queensland researchers say the discovery of a new stress reduction role for a naturally occurring molecule in the body could lead to new drugs and treatment for metabolic disorders and ageing.

3 months ago news.uq.edu.au neuroscience

UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute researchers showed scanning ultrasound is safe and well-tolerated in a first-in-human pilot study—an important step toward Alzheimer’s disease treatments.

4 months ago news.uq.edu.au brain disease neuroscience