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The 2012 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology has been awarded to John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka, “for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent”. A pluripotent cell…
Scientist Shinya Yamanaka was born in 1962 – the same year that fellow scientist John Gurdon made a discovery that eventually…
“Molecular beacons”, which light up when they bind to mRNA, allow scientists to watch stem cells as they turn into tissue…
Anti-tumour medication could be used to protect the developing brains of young children with genetic diseases that cause…
Researchers have identified genes that underlie the growth of primitive leukemia stem cells – and used the new genetic signature…
Scientists have discovered a virus-free way of turning adult blood cells into stem cells, effectively replacing the need…
A new study shows that a previously unknown vascular stem cell contributes to blocked arteries. This work has significance…
Some worms display an apparently limitless ability to regenerate aged or damaged tissue. Unlike human cells which show signs…
Scientists say they have developed a way to use a patient’s own stem cells to build fully functional organs in a laboratory…
A new method of producing adult stem cells may have the potential to repair bones and organs. Researchers used a small molecule…
Media outlets have been reporting that scientists are planning to “create designer babies” with three parents. Professor Justin St John, Director of the Centre for Reproduction and Development at Monash…
Looking at embryonic cells allows researchers to understand many of the fundamental questions about how an animal’s genes are structured and the role they play in developing the adult animal. This information…
Genetic changes, similar to those acquired in human cancers, have been observed occurring in the stem cells in the latest…
Transplantation is the best available treatment for many serious health problems including diabetes, kidney failure and heart disease. These conditions affect millions of people worldwide and the cost…
Researchers have identified stem cells in human breast milk, which behave similarly to embryonic stem cells when cultivated in a medium containing nutrients. The finding suggests breast milk could be used…
The European Court of Justice has today banned patenting of stem cell inventions derived from human embryos which are capable of developing into a human being. The court held that this exclusion from patentability…
For the first time, scientists have been able to fix a genetic liver defect in tests on mice using stem cells created from…
Welcome to part five of _On the brain, a Conversation series by people whose job it is to know as much as there is to know about the body’s most complex organ. Here, Lachlan Thompson, head of the Neurogenesis…
Scientists have produced stem cells from endangered species for the first time. It is hoped that the production of stem cells…
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Director, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine & SAMRC Extramural Unit for Stem Cell Research & Therapy, University of Pretoria
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Professor and Former Program Leader of Stem Cells Australia, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Director, Centre for Genetic Diseases, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University
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Merlin Crossley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW
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Research Group Leader, Stem Cells, CSIRO
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Deputy Executive Dean and Professor of Law, College of Law, University of South Africa
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Associate Dean (Research Degrees) and Research Group Leader, Monash University
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Post-doctoral research fellow at the Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
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Professor and Director of the Colgate Australian Clinical Dental Research Centre, University of Adelaide
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Law lecturer & doctoral student, University of Sydney
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Head of Neural Transplantation, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
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Professor in Clinical Ethics, Macquarie University
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Post-doctoral researcher in Stem Cell biology and Human Nutrition, University of Western Australia
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Co-director of the Immunology Research Centre, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
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PhD Scholar, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University
