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...

Scientists: funding to help bring your ideas to clinical trials Call for expressions of interest for up to $100,000 per project Next year, the Foundation will provide up to four $100,000 research grants as part of...

A promising drug for treating a debilitating genetic cartilage disorder is about to enter clinical trials in Australia. While preclinical results to date have been encouraging, exactly how the drug works remains a mystery. Professor John...

Should you collect your cord blood and donate it to the community? Or should you bank it privately in case your child will need it in the future? Expectant parents are confused about their options. We...

Jennifer Hollands on science during a pandemic  A thorough understanding of the scientific method has helped stem cell biologist Dr Jennifer Hollands cope with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic – at least to an extent....

The potential of gene therapy to prevent blindness and restore sight for eye diseases that have long been considered untreatable is the focus on World Sight Day (8 October 2020) at the Centre for Eye Research...