From skin cells to eye cells, and on to cell therapies: catching up with Kathryn Davidson
February 05, 2017
helped establish a tissue bank for researching a suite of eye diseases, been part of a group of top young stem cell researchers making recommendations for the sector’s future, and is now part of a team...
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The future of stem cells: tackling hype versus hope
January 30, 2017
Professor Melissa Little, in-coming Program Leader for Stem Cells Australia and President of the Australasian Society for Stem Cell Research, reflects on having a stem cell scientist as the Australian of the Year and the state...
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New York Stem Cell Investigator Awards now open for 2017
November 30, 2016
The New York Stem Cell Foundation Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Award RFAs are now open. The Innovator Awards for Early Career Investigators in Translational Stem Cell Research support innovative scientists whose research has the potential to...
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Stem cells healing broken hearts; Making cancer treatment less aggressive, more effective
July 22, 2016
On 2nd May last year 39-year old business banking consultant Clarrie Chang suffered a massive heart attack. Clarrie was lucky to survive, but some of his heart muscle is dead and will never recover… unless we...
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Championing sound stem cell science in the media
March 15, 2016
‘Stem cell therapy’ in media stories could refer to treatments such as bone marrow transplants that have been saving lives for years, experimental treatments that have potential, or dodgy treatments from snake oil merchants that are...
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How celebrities, personal stories and misplaced hope sell questionable treatment
November 05, 2015
What do AFL footballer Adam Goodes, tennis champion Rafael Nadal, Canadian ice hockey legend Gordie Howe and reality TV personality Kim Kardashian have in common? They’re all celebrities featured in sensationalist media stories about unproven stem...
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Clinical trial funding initiative - potential funding opportunities
October 12, 2015
The NSCFA is exploring ways to initiate and support properly constituted clinical trials of stem cell-based treatments in Australia. The NSCFA recognises the challenges facing researchers in mounting appropriate clinical trials. It may be possible to promote more...
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