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Scientists closer to outsmarting malaria parasites
Researchers have discovered why malaria parasites are vulnerable to some drug therapies but resistant to others, offering scientists another piece of the puzzle in the global fight against the disease.
Bacteria blasting cancer treatment shows promise
A low-cost, non-toxic cancer treatment has been developed by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU). The treatment uses dead bacteria to help kick-start the immune system and shrink cancer.
The fatal chink in malaria parasite’s armour
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have exposed a fatal flaw in the deadly parasite that causes malaria - one of the world's biggest killers.Pages
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: Decoding the Regenerative Landscape: Insights from Sponge Single-Cell Transcriptomics
BSB Seminar Series: The Antimalarial Peroxide Artemisinin and Derivatives: Mechanism of Action - The "Heme Activation" Hypothesis vs. Oxidant Properties
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4 May 2023
Xin Jiang, UNSW Sydney
Glucose and lactate are critical metabolites for most living organisms. In certain circumstances, such as during the intra-erythrocytic stage of malaria parasites and in the...
30 March 2023
Alastair Stewart, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
F1Fo ATP synthase generates the majority of cellular energy by interconverting phosphate transfer energy and proton motive force via a rotary catalytic mechanism. Using cryo...
24 November 2022
Karl Hassan, The University of Newcastle
The Acinetobacter genus includes at least 70 named species that occupy environments which differ broadly in nutrient composition, water availability, temperature and other abiotic...
15 September 2022
Simone Babij, Leyton Group, BSB, RSB
Malaria kills around 400,000 people each year and the prevention and treatment of this disease is highly reliant on chemotherapy.
25 August 2022
Professor Ian Paulsen, Macquarie University
Developing novel synthetic microbes for the sustainable production of biochemical, biofuels and bioplastics is critical for the emergence of a new global bioeconomy.
4 August 2022
Dr Ailie Marx, Israel Institute of Technology
One of the most fundamental assumptions in biology is that the amino acid sequence defines protein structure and that this sequence carries no memory of the specific mRNA codon...
7 July 2022
Dr Bart Eijkelkamp, Senior Lecturer and Group Leader, Flinders University
Nutritional deficiencies are a leading cause of human susceptibility to infectious diseases and antibiotic treatment failure. Specifically, our intake of dietary lipids has...
22 June 2022
Dr Rachel North, Stockholm University
Bacterial infections remain a global public health challenge and there is a critical need for the identification and molecular understanding of new targets for antimicrobial...
9 June 2022
Darren Creek, Monash University
Current treatments for malaria are threatened by drug resistance, and new antimalarials are urgently required to ensure the continued ability to treat malaria infections into the...
26 May 2022
Emily Furlong, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, NSW
Bacterial flagella self-assemble a strong, multi-component drive shaft that couples rotation in the inner membrane to the microns-long flagellar filament that powers bacterial...
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