Cord blood: to bank or donate?
October 30, 2017
Should you collect your cord blood and donate it to the community? Or should you bank it privately on the off-chance your child will need it in the future? Expectant parents are confused about their options,...
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Overseas opportunities for PhD, early career researchers and entrepreneurs from CCRM Australia
May 03, 2017
Are you a student or up-and-coming stem cell researcher? Are you interested in the business development of regenerative medicine biotech? And do you want to head to North America to build your networks and learn more?...
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New Reference Guide on the Use of Unproven Cellular Therapies released by ISCT
May 02, 2017
The International Society for Cellular Therapies has published a reference guide on the use of unproven cellular therapies. To access it use the link here.An introduction to this paper was recently published in the journal Cytotherapy: "Currently, there...
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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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