Thursday 7 November 2024 Winners of the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia’s Metcalf Prizes announced today Scientists available for interviews, see below for contact …
Growing ‘mini-lungs’ to find treatments to help kids breathe easier
Dr Rhiannon Werder is growing ‘mini-lungs in a dish’ that mimic the complexity and function of lungs in living people. The Team Leader at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) has already …
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How do cells work together to create organs?
And what happens when they stop talking? Dr William Roman is growing human muscles on a chip. He’s using them to understand how the skeletal muscle cell, the largest cell in a human body, …
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Can stem cells make drugs to stop osteoarthritis? (Sydney); Stomach stem cells behaving badly (Melbourne)
Tuesday 31 October 2023 Winners of the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia’s Metcalf Prizes announced today Scientists available for interviews, see below for contact …
Can stem cells make drugs to stop osteoarthritis?
Dr Jiao Jiao Li plans to use stem cells as biofactories to make drugs to reduce inflammation and encourage repair in painful osteoarthritic joints. Osteoarthritis is a hugely debilitating joint …
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Stomach stem cells behaving badly
People diagnosed with late-stage stomach cancer have a less than 10 per cent chance of surviving more than 5 years. Dr Dustin Flanagan wants to boost that survival rate by understanding why some …
Using stem cells to give sight and controlling rogue blood stem cells
Winners of the 2022 National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia’s Metcalf Prizes announced SCIENTISTS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS: Anai Gonzalez-Cordero: full profile and photosAshley Ng: full …
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Using stem cells to give sight – Anai Gonzalez-Cordero
Dr Anai Gonzalez-Cordero research aims to restore sight in people with inherited retinal diseases, by repairing or replacing damaged photoreceptor (light-sensing) cells in the eye. She has …
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Controlling rogue blood stem cells – Ashley Ng
Dr Ashley Ng is revealing how blood stem cells are controlled, and how they sometime go rogue, leading to blood cancers. He has discovered how a protein known as ‘ERG’ underpins healthy development of …
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How will we heal damaged hearts in the future?
Media release: Monday 22 August 2022 Online public event to share the latest science and answer patient questions: Thursday 25 August Scientists available for interviews. Contact Tanya Ha, 0404 …
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2021 Metcalf Prizes for Stem Cell Research
More ‘good cells’, safer treatments for leukaemia patients – Siok Tey, Brisbane Making a virtual human cell to explore how we’re made and how we can regenerate damaged organs – Pengyi Yang, …
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More ‘good cells’, safer treatments for leukemia patients
Associate Professor Siok Tey is researching treatments that will improve the survival and quality of life for her patients with leukaemia or other blood cancers. “Bone marrow transplantation is an …
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