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WHY SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED ABOUT ANTIBACTERIAL RESISTANCE?
Everyone’s heard of antibiotics. Most (if not all) people would have been prescribed with antibiotics by their health practitioner at some point in their lives to stave off an infection. But have you ever delved deeper into the subject of bacterial infections, antibiotics, antibacterials and antibacterial resistance? It can get quite interesting…and also quite concerning! Turns out, our researchers Professor Kate Seib, Dr Taha and Valentin Slesarenko, have quite an important message to share in this latest GlycoBuzz blog article. Read More
SOME OF THE WORLD’S WORST PANDEMICS
Pandemic. This is a word that’s become all too familiar in the last few years, thanks to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic which has sent the world into a state of turmoil. But in fact, pandemics have threatened mankind for time immemorial. In this blog article, Gael Martin, one of our PhD students at the Institute for Glycomics, discusses past and present pandemics, including some of the worst pandemics the world has ever seen. Not only is this information interesting and educational, but it also further emphasises the great importance of research to control and eradicate disease. Read More
THE SUBJECT NOBODY LIKES TO TALK ABOUT: GONORRHOEA
Let’s face it, nobody likes to discuss the topic of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), but there’s something about this disease that seems to make it particularly taboo. Gonorrhoea. I mean, could they have found a more unattractive word?! It’s also hard to pronounce, it’s longwinded, and it’s nearly impossible to spell. Yet here we are, making gonorrhoea our latest subject of choice for the GlycoBuzz blog. You may ask why? Well, it just so happens that we have good reason to shed light on the subject. This disease infects an estimated 87 million people worldwide each year! Read More
MOSQUITOES; THE DEADLIEST ANIMAL ON EARTH!
Did you know that mosquitoes kill more humans each year than any other animal? It is hard to believe that something so small can cause… Read More
HIV EXPLAINED
HIV remains to be a major global public health issue. According to the World Health Organization, HIV has claimed the lives of roughly 35 million… Read More
CORONAVIRUSES – A FAMILY OF VIRUSES
Coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, ‘Corona’. These are all terms we wish we’d never have to hear mentioned again. And yet, they don’t seem to be going away anytime soon! So why not learn what we can about the subject, to better arm ourselves with facts and useful information rather than conspiracy theories. Interestingly, what you probably didn’t know, is that there are actually hundreds of coronaviruses out there, but only a few pose a risk to humans. Professor Johnson Mak, Research Leader and infectious diseases specialist at the Institute for Glycomics, takes us through the basics, helping us understand the significance of this seemingly large family of viruses. Read More
WHY THE WORLD NEEDS AN EFFECTIVE MALARIA VACCINE
Malaria is one of the deadliest diseases that has ever existed. Every year, there are over 200 million new cases of malaria infection and nearly… Read More
EPIDEMIOLOGY
When referring to the spread of diseases, we so often hear the terms outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics, but what do these terms actually mean and what are the differences between them? And who has the authority to ‘upgrade’ the threat level of a disease from an epidemic to a pandemic? Dr Benjamin Bailly, Research Scientist at the Institute for Glycomics, answers all these questions and more, providing a very interesting overview on epidemiology – the study and spread of diseases. Read More
USING NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY TO FIGHT DISEASES
The Institute for Glycomics houses a wide range of cutting-edge facilities which aid our research scientists in their ongoing quest to… Read More
VACCINES
Since the onset of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, a vaccine against the disease has arguably become one of the most talked about topics in 2020 and 2021. With the introduction of the newly developed COVID-19 vaccines around the world, and their impending roll-out in Australia in early 2021, we felt it timely to deep-dive into the very interesting, and much debated, topic of vaccines. Read More
