Thursday 7 November 2024 Winners of the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia’s Metcalf Prizes announced today Scientists available for interviews, see below for contact …
Growing ‘mini-lungs’ to find treatments to help kids breathe easier
Dr Rhiannon Werder is growing ‘mini-lungs in a dish’ that mimic the complexity and function of lungs in living people. The Team Leader at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) has already …
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How do cells work together to create organs?
And what happens when they stop talking? Dr William Roman is growing human muscles on a chip. He’s using them to understand how the skeletal muscle cell, the largest cell in a human body, …
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Can stem cells make drugs to stop osteoarthritis? (Sydney); Stomach stem cells behaving badly (Melbourne)
Tuesday 31 October 2023 Winners of the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia’s Metcalf Prizes announced today Scientists available for interviews, see below for contact …
Can stem cells make drugs to stop osteoarthritis?
Dr Jiao Jiao Li plans to use stem cells as biofactories to make drugs to reduce inflammation and encourage repair in painful osteoarthritic joints. Osteoarthritis is a hugely debilitating joint …
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Stomach stem cells behaving badly
People diagnosed with late-stage stomach cancer have a less than 10 per cent chance of surviving more than 5 years. Dr Dustin Flanagan wants to boost that survival rate by understanding why some …