Extremely premature babies’ own stem cells could hold the key to a new treatment for brain injury associated with preterm birth. Monash University researcher Associate Professor Atul Malhotra, backed by the Foundation, is leading a clinical trial...

Nasal stem cell research legend and 2017 Australian of the Year Professor Emeritus Alan Mackay-Sim AM died on 4 January 2023. “Professor Emeritus Alan Mackay-Sim’s work in understanding the human brain and stem cells was game-changing and...

What do new gene and cell therapies have to offer conditions like cancer, inherited eye diseases, spinal muscular atrophy and other degenerative diseases? Can we engineer immune cells to treat cancer? Or bring eye sight by...

Researchers working with stem cells to restore sight and fight blood cancers are the two winners of the 2022 Metcalf Prizes for Stem Cell Research, awarded by the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia.   Dr...

Melbourne researcher Dr Peter Houweling is growing mini-muscles in the lab, in order to study muscular dystrophy in children, without the need for invasive and painful tissue biopsies. “Basically, we take an ordinary blood sample and regress...

Bring your questions to a free public event at 5.30pm Tuesday 15 November at the State Library of Victoria.   The convergence of stem cell science and gene therapies are set to impact the future healthcare,...

Could we boost a failing heart with ‘muscle patches’? Could a stem cell injection help heart tissue regenerate? Can mini hearts in a petri dish solve the mystery of 2,400 babies born with heart disease? And...