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Stem Cells Australia and The University of Melbourne have welcomed $150 million Federal Government funding towards research into new ways to treat congenital heart disease, blindness, stroke, dementia and kidney disease.The Australian Stem Cell Therapies Mission, funded through the Medical
A Murdoch Children’s Research Institute early-career researcher has been awarded a scholarship for her stem cell research project aiming to help patients with blood cancers or bone marrow failure. Ritika Saxena (pictured below) received the Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation PhD
The American Australian Association has announced at its 2024 Benefit Dinner a new initiative, dubbed 'Decoding Broken Hearts', to foster collaboration between Australian and US health researchers. The exchange between researchers based at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and
Our vision is to transform the treatment of childhood heart disease using stem cell technologies. Our laboratory harnesses the power of pluripotent stem cells to create human models of disease as a platform for therapeutic development.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced $2 million in funding to establish human stem cell-based models of COVID19 infection, to better understand the disease and screen potential treatments. The first announcement from this funding will enable a collaborative research effort that
Four Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) researchers have received funding for stem cell research that will accelerate new treatments for a range of serious childhood conditions. Professor Melissa Little, Associate Professor Enzo Porrello, Dr Nicole Van Bergen and Associate Professor
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute stem cell researchers have secured federal funding to advance research into genetic heart disease. Dr James McNamara, Associate Professors David Elliott and Mirana Ramialison, Professor Enzo Porrello and Victorian Clinical Genetics Services Professor
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute stem cell researcher Associate Professor Ngaire Elwood has been recognised for her outstanding contributions to cellular therapies and cancer research in Victoria. Associate Professor Elwood was inducted into the 2022 Victorian Honour Roll of Women, which
Our Blood Development group is studying the process of human blood cell development. Our vision is to utilise human pluripotent stem cells to advance our understanding of blood, bone and cartilage development and diseases.
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