2007

Media releases 2007

• 24-October-2007

  WANTED: Volunteers for a malaria vaccine trial

  The Queensland Institute of Medical Research is calling for volunteers to take part in Phase I clinical trials for a new vaccine against malaria....

• 11-October-2007

  Obesity boosts gullet cancer risk six-fold

  Obese people are six times as likely to develop gullet (oesophageal) cancer as people of 'healthy' weight, shows research conducted by the Queensland...

• 21-August-2007

  QIMR and Merck Initiate Vaccine Research Collaboration

  The Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) and Merck & Co., Inc., a global pharmaceutical company, have entered into a research...

• 18-June-2007

  Brisbane researchers put the spotlight on Crohn's and colitis

  Scientists at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research have commenced Queensland's first population-based study into the causes of Crohn's disease...

• 17-May-2007

  New study begins: Queensland Pancreatic Cancer Study

  Scientists at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research have commenced Australia's first study into the causes of pancreatic cancer, the fourth...

• 01-May-2007

  The Sit Down Comedy Club is putting the spotlight on depression

  Comedy Company 'Black dog' was the term Winston Churchill coined for depression – his own depression. Many people, from the famous to the person...

• 12-February-2007

  New discovery: gene reduces breast cancer risk

  An international collaborative research group has confirmed a common gene variant associated with breast cancer that actually reduces the risk of...

• 07-February-2007

  Say yes to cancer research: how you can help fight cancer and it won't cost you a thing

  An Australian-first study aimed at preventing women from developing endometrial cancer is facing a road-block, and leading cancer experts are pointing...