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University of Sydney researchers win $1.5m to defeat cancer

11 December 2019 -
Associate Professor Greg Neely was awarded $450,000 to progress research on the treatment of pancreatic cancer. ... Both Dr Ken Micklethwaite and Associate Professor Greg Neely are available for interview. .
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/03/02/university-of-sydney-researchers-win--1-5m-to-defeat-cancer.html
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Pain researchers find antidote to deadly box jellyfish sting

15 January 2020 -
long. “We studied the biggest, most venomous and scary one,” said Associate Professor Neely. ... Our antidote is a medicine that blocks the venom,” said Associate Professor Neely.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/05/01/pain-researchers-find-antidote-to-deadly-box-jellyfish-sting.html
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Why artificial sweeteners can increase appetite

1 August 2016 -
sugar, and this then increases the animal’s overall motivation to eat more food," said Associate Professor Neely. ... The pathway we discovered is part of a conserved starvation response that actually makes nutritious food taste better when you are
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/07/13/why-artificial-sweeteners-can-increase-appetite.html
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Ground-breaking research transforming our future

23 August 2019 -
Associate Professor Greg Neely and Dr Raymond (Man-Tat) Lau and their team of pain researchers at the Charles Perkins Centre have discovered an antidote to the deadly sting that could
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/08/13/ground-breaking-research-transforming-our-future.html
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Sweet as: the science of how diet can change the way sugar tastes

9 April 2020 -
Professor Neely said they learned four important things:. The food animals eat can change how they perceive future food. ... We also found that eating high amounts of sugar suppressed sweet taste perception, making sugar seem less sweet,” Professor
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/04/09/sweet-as-the-science-of-how-diet-can-change-the-way-sugar-tastes.html
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Oxytocin shows promise for alcohol and opioid addiction

10 November 2021 -
Could new research help addicts to end substance abuse? Associate Professor Michael Bowen is developing new ways to combat addiction.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/08/26/oxytocin-shows-promise-for-alcohol-and-opioid-addiction.html
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10 of the best science discoveries at Sydney in 2019

18 December 2019 -
Antidote to deadly box jellyfish sting discovered. A team of pain researchers led by Associate Professor Greg Neely studied the most venomous creature on earth to learn how venom works and ... found it could block the tissue scarring and pain related to
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/12/18/10-of-the-best-science-discoveries-at-sydney-in-2019.html
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NSW Government backs University-led consortium on drug discovery

22 May 2023 -
Professor Glenda Halliday, Professor Wojciech Chrzanowski and Professor Gemma Figtree, from the Faculty of Medicine and Health; and Professor Greg Neely from the Faculty of Science. .
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/03/01/nsw-government-backs-usyd-led-consortium-drug-discovery-organoids-innovation-centre.html
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Desert ants thriving, despite looming Insectageddon

5 August 2019 -
University of Sydney: the longest study of its kind has found, ants, the 'workers of the desert' are helping to stabilise fragile ecosystems. Read more.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/08/05/desert-ants-thriving--despite-looming-insectageddon.html