Unlike humans, many animals are able to regenerate their limbs after losing them. Giving the body the right conditions for regrowth might allow people to recover lost limbs as well.
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The idea behind regenerative medicine is that the patient is both the donor and recipient of healthy tissue grown from stem cells. But sometimes the transplanted cells are rejected. Now we know why.
Dangerous open wounds known as cutaneous ulcers are common in people with diabetes and bedsores. Now scientists have figured out how to reprogram the cells inside these wounds to heal themselves.
Stem cells show potential for treating injuries, but some lab trials show they could be harmful too.
Human-animal hybrids - or ‘chimeras’ - might sound strange, but they offer great hope for new life saving therapies, as long as key ethical boundaries are respected.
The pioneers of Australian scientific research, education and communication have been recognised in the 2016 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.
Newts are unique within the salamander family for the way they regrow limbs. And along with fossils are giving clues to a unique ability to regenerate.
Plucking hairs from the scalp causes surrounding hairs to regenerate, and could be a novel treatment for alopecia sufferers.
Humans have some regenerative abilities but compared to creatures like the salamander, which has an amazing ability to regenerate after injury, we’re pretty limited. Not only are salamanders the only adult…
Today we wish a very happy 116th birthday to Misao Okawa who was born in Japan in 1898, making her the world’s oldest person. When she was young, Einstein hadn’t yet grasped the mysteries of a relative…
“Mini brains” with separate working regions have been grown using stem cells in the lab for the first time. They have similarities to an embryo in the womb up to nine weeks. Under the right conditions…
Damage to vital organs, the spinal cord, or limbs can have an enormous impact on our ability to move, function – and even live. But imagine if you could restore these tissues back to their original condition…
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Professor - Emerging Technologies (Stem Cells) at The University of Melbourne and Group Leader - Stem Cell Ethics & Policy at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Former Program Leader of Stem Cells Australia, The University of Melbourne
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PhD student, University of Buckingham
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Research Fellow, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor at the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, The University of Edinburgh
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Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, IMBA
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Senior Scientist and Deputy Scientific Director, IMBA
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James Martin Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute & Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
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Research Fellow, UCL
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Professor of Tissue Development and Regeneration, University of Southern California
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Research Support Officer (Communications and Events), University of Leeds
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Lecturer and Principal Investigator, Biosciences, Aston University
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Professor, Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Adjunct Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego
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Professor of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
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Assistant Professor of Biology, Algoma University
