Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for all Australians.  Every year more than 57,000 Australians suffer a heart attack. Many develop heart failure.  Westmead Institute of Medical Research/University of Sydney scientist Associate Professor James...

Mini-hearts made from stem cells reveal how COVID-19 causes heart damage, leading to drug treatment trials.In severe cases of COVID-19, out-of-control inflammation rampages through the body damaging tissues and organs such as the heart but, thanks...

The recent announcement that scientists have made human-monkey embryos and cultured them in the lab for two weeks made international headlines.  Story by Megan Munsie, The University of Melbourne and Julian Koplin, The University of Melbourne. Image...

In breaking news overnight, Australian scientists have created embryo-like structures—dubbed iBlastoids—in the lab from reprogrammed living human skin cells. The research was led by Monash University stem cell scientist Professor Jose Polo, who was one of...

Stem cell project targets two diseases: melanoma and vitiligo The Foundation is backing Professor Mark Shackleton’s stem cell research aimed at preventing melanoma and treating vitiligo – two diseases affecting the melanin pigment-producing cells, called melanocytes.His...

Using stem cell research to fight cancer has won two Australian researchers $55,000 each in the annual Metcalf Prizes for Stem Cell Research, awarded by the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia. Dr Melanie Eckersley-Maslin—a new...

2020 highlights … and lowlights … There was no shortage of fascinating stem cell news in 2020, from the birth of living ‘xenobots’, to the legal consequences for controversial scientists, and the role cord blood banks...