Muscling up with chemo-resistant stem cells
12 May, 2009 by Kate McDonaldAn Australian team has been able to re-grow skeletal muscle in a mouse model using a combination of chemo-ablation and chemo-resistant stem cells.
Macdonald goes permanent for stem cell centre
08 May, 2009 by Kate McDonaldGraham Macdonald permanent chair of ASCC board of directors
The complexity of the apicomplexans
06 May, 2009 by Fiona WylieThe study of biology reveals some truly amazing and quite nifty feats of biochemical engineering, and none less so than the way in which parasitic microorganisms invade their host.
Fat stem cells dog dodgy hips
24 April, 2009 by Kate McDonaldSydney scientists are treating the arthritic joints of aged canines with adult stem cells
Inverted chromatin shines light on nocturnal vision
17 April, 2009 by Kate McDonaldNocturnal mammals have an inverted nuclear structure in retinal cells
Azelaic acid key to plant immunity
07 April, 2009 by Kate McDonaldUS researchers find azelaic acid primes the immune response in plants
Blood banks join together
19 March, 2009 by Kate McDonaldCellsense and Biocell merge to form Australia’s largest private cord blood bank
Directing stem cells down the pancreatic line
17 March, 2009 by Kate McDonaldMolecule can direct the differentiation of embryonic stem cells to pancreatic lineage
Muscles find their stem cell niche
06 March, 2009 by Kate McDonaldResearchers have succeeded in growing new muscle fibres using stem cells
Stem Cell Sciences goes US
04 March, 2009 by Kate McDonaldSCS, part based in Melbourne, to be sold to US stem cell company
PiggyBacking stem cells to pluripotency
02 March, 2009 by Kate McDonaldResearchers induce pluripotent stem cells without viral vectors
Favourable West Nile vaccine results
27 February, 2009 by Kate McDonaldEncouraging Phase I trial results for West Nile virus vaccine released
Lorne 2009 profile: David Vaux
17 February, 2009 by Fiona WylieGrim, Reaper and Sickle: David Vaux’s epic tale of life and death involves a quest to understand and ultimately control apoptosis.
Sodium channel modulators
16 February, 2009 by Press releaseNew BDNF proteins and antibodies for working with growth and differentiation factors in neuronal cultures
Australia induces stem cell line
02 February, 2009 by Kate McDonaldVictorian and NSW collaboration succeeds in creating Australia’s first iPS cell lines
