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A ‘’perfect storm’’ of genetic mutations, toxic proteins and a defect in natural cell recycling could lead to treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

'Perfect storm' linked to neurodegenerative disease

Published on: 8 July 2021

A ‘’perfect storm’’ of genetic mutations, toxic proteins and a defect in natural cell recycling could lead to treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

C. elegans were used to express the patterns of microRNAs (miRNAs).

Mapping genetic roles to understand human development

Published on: 22 April 2021

Researchers are a step closer to unravelling the role of small nucleic acid fragments found in each of our cells.

Podcast: Why making sense of nature matters to your health

We talk to Professor Massimo Hilliard and Dr Steven Zuryn about the importance of fundamental science – what it is and why it is critical for generating discoveries that may have huge impacts to your health.

Research from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) found that the protein – tau – impairs the ability of neurons to recycle and remove damaged mitochondria from the cell.

How an Alzheimer’s protein impairs brain cells

Published on: 9 January 2019

Scientists have shed more light on the way a key toxic protein in Alzheimer’s disease damages brain cells.

QBI researchers have discovered where the highest rate of genetic mutations occurs in mitochondrial DNA.

Digging deep into distinctly different DNA

Published on: 23 January 2018

QBI researchers have discovered where the highest rate of genetic mutations occurs in mitochondrial DNA.

Steven Zuryn: mitochondria

Stafford Fox Senior Research Fellow, Dr Steven Zuryn discusses his research.

Podcast: The fundamentals of basic science

What is basic science? Dr Steven Zuryn explains the slow burn of basic science and how it is the building block for many of our current scientific endeavours and has the ability to affect generations to come.

The $2.5 million Stafford Fox Senior Research Fellowship funds Dr Steven Zuryn's research into stroke-induced dementia at QBI

Stafford Fox Senior Research Fellowship funds research into stroke-induced dementia

Published on: 15 December 2015

The $2.5 million Stafford Fox Senior Research Fellowship funds Dr Steven Zuryn's research into stroke-induced dementia at QBI

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