News: Research Centre for Infectious Diseases
Science communicators boost the visibility of Uni of Adelaide research
Six University of Adelaide scientists have each won the inaugural Science Communication Prize for increasing the visibility of the University’s scientific research and capabilities, while boosting the profile and accessibility of their own work.
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How effective is hand sanitiser at killing germs?
Scientist Hannah Agnew and summer research students Kate and Rachel set out to find how effective soap and hand sanitiser is against microbes, such as bacteria and viruses.
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Researchers discover a new approach to breaking bacterial antibiotic resistance and rescue frontline drug treatments
In a world first, scientists have discovered how to repurpose a molecule called PBT2 – originally developed as a potential treatment for disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases – to break bacterial resistance to commonly used frontline antibiotics.
Scientists in the news this week: August 2020
Here are the stories of University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates in the news this week.
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Scientists in the news this week: July 31, 2020
Here are the stories of University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates in the news this week.
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Scientists in the news this week: July 24, 2020
Here are the stories of University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates in the news this week.
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Stopping the spread of deadly bacteria
Vikrant Minhas and colleagues at the Research Centre for Infectious Diseases are leading new research into how bacteria cause disease.
Partnership to revolutionise cancer diagnosis
University of Adelaide and Griffith University researchers have engineered a unique protein - SubB2M - that can detect cancer by using liquid biopsies, immunoassays, circulating tumor cell assays and PET imaging.
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Biomedical scientists join forces to fight COVID-19
Associate Professor Michael Beard from the viral pathogenesis lab is part of a team of South Australian scientists joining forces in the fight against COVID-19.
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Scientists a step closer to malaria drug development
Scientists have identified a key protein that controls malaria parasite entry into host red blood cells.
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