Meet our newest board member: cancer survivor and scientist Ngaire Elwood
July 31, 2018
The National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia is delighted to announce that cord blood expert Dr Ngaire Elwood has joined our Board of Directors. Here is a story from one of our past newsletters about Ngaire and her...
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Why stem cells decline as we age: Metcalf Prize winner on ABC's The Science Show
July 27, 2018
You, me and ABC's The Science Show host Robyn Williams - we all started life as a single stem cell. Our 2017 Metcalf Prize winner Jessica Mar was a guest on ABC RN's The Science Show, sharing her career journey from...
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Mini-kidneys for chronic kidney disease research
June 26, 2018
A team of Australian and Dutch researchers have successfully built a mini-kidney from stem cells and transplanted it into a mouse where it has matured into tissue with blood vessels, which is capable of filtering blood....
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Australian stem cell researcher Megan Munsie wins international public service award
June 20, 2018
Congratulations to Associate Professor Megan Munsie, who has been announced as the winner of the 2018 Public Service Award from the International Society for Stem Cell Research. The award recognises her work promoting public understanding of stem...
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A life in science: student Q&A with 2017 Australian of the Year Alan Mackay-Sim
June 01, 2018
Science legend meets the toughest audience—kids and teenagers—at the World Science Festival Brisbane Professor Alan Mackay-Sim Award winning stem cell scientist Alan Mackay-Sim has had a life filled with curiosity, science, a variety of hobbies, and occasional...
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Winners of the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia’s Metcalf Prizes announced
November 14, 2017
Professor Mark Dawson of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Associate Professor Jessica Mar of the University of Queensland have both received $50,000 Metcalf Prizes from the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia in recognition of...
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Regulation to reign in rogue stem cell practices - Foundation responds
November 06, 2017
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced that 2018 will see long-awaited reforms to the regulation of stem cell therapies in the hope of curtailing unsafe or unproven treatments, and the unethical marketing of them to vulnerable...
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