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Dr Chelisa Cardinez, left, and Rebecca Davey in a research lab at the John Curtin School of Medical Research

Scientists from The Australian National University have discovered a gene mutation is responsible for causing psoriasis.

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Animals in a kitchen

What business does a wild animal have in contributing to our domestic bliss?

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Riccardo Natoli with some of his mentees: From back row, left to right: Sarah Farzadi, Natoli, Rakshanya Sekar, Adrian Cioanca, Nicholas Bariesheff.

What makes Associate Professor Riccardo Natoli special?

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Dr Julia Ellyard. Photo: Tracey Nearmy/ANU

A new study has found that rare coding variants in a lupus risk gene could help understand how the immune system mistakenly targets the body's own tissues.

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First year PhD student, Yanran Fan, in her lab at the John Curtin School of Medical Research.

Yanran Fan always thought she’d become a lawyer. Instead, she's pursuing a PhD.

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Platelet-red blood cell complex, in which a platelet (arrow) is attached to the surface of a red cell, viewed using scanning electron microscopy (bar length = 1 µm)

Researchers at the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) have found a new function of platelets apart from their known role in preventing bleeding and helping us fight off infections.

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Professor Ian Cockburn (left) and Dr Xin Gao are studying how to harness the body’s natural defences to fight infectious diseases such as malaria, a life-threatening disease spread to humans by some types of mosquitos. Photo: Jack Fox/ANU

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have discovered a previously unknown ability of a group of immune system cells, known as Atypical B cells (ABCs), to fight infectious diseases such as malaria.

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Psilocybin mushrooms

In a bid to increase accessibility, a new study by the Australian National University (ANU) School of Medicine and Psychology will look into the viability of the application of psychedelics in a group setting.

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Woman in a lab

This ANU researcher isn’t afraid of shaking things up — making her own volcanic eruptions to better understand how they cause our climate to change.

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