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The National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia's mission is to promote the study and use of stem cells in the prevention or control of human diseases and to enhance public education in this field.
https://www.stemcellfoundation.net.au
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We will be back on social media from Monday 12 January 2026. Wishing you all a safe festive season, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - from the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia.
December 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Researchers create a stem cell medium for canine stem cells that doesn’t contain any human components.
“This research brings the clinical application of regenerative medicine for intractable diseases commonly seen in dogs ... closer to reality”
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Pure bred: New stem cell medium only has canine components
Researchers create a stem cell medium for canine stem cells that doesn’t contain any human components
www.asiaresearchnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Space Balance and Stem Cell Research Wrap Up Week on Station:
The Expedition 74 crew wrapped up the week exploring how the body balances itself in space and growing stem cells to improve health.
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Space Balance and Stem Cell Research Wrap Up Week on Station - NASA
The Expedition 74 crew wrapped up the week exploring how the body balances itself in space and growing stem cells to improve health. Meanwhile, ongoing cargo operations and lab maintenance rounded out...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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‘Unlocking More Matches for Stem Cell Transplants’ – study finds patients can safely receive stem cell transplants from unrelated donors who are mismatched at two or more HLA markers: news.med.miami.edu/unlocking-mo...
Paper: doi.org/10.1182/bloo...
Unlocking More Matches for Stem Cell Transplants - InventUM
A Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center study reveals patients can receive stem cell transplants from donors with genetic mismatches.
news.med.miami.edu
December 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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‘Space travel affects haematopoietic stem cells’ – @nature.com review on the effects of spaceflight on haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells isolated from astronauts: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Space travel affects haematopoietic stem cells - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
Jamieson and colleagues report the effects of spaceflight on haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells isolated from astronauts.
doi.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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‘UC San Diego Researchers Uncover the Earliest Stages of Human Placenta Formation’ – using stem cells to overcome ethical and technical constraints of studying placental formation in humans’: today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san...
Paper: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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UC San Diego Researchers Uncover the Earliest Stages of Human Placenta Formation
A gene that turns on very early in embryonic development could be key to the formation of the placenta, which provides the developing fetus with all of the nutrients it needs to thrive during gestatio...
today.ucsd.edu
December 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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‘Scientists boost tiny batteries within our cells in hopes of slowing effects of aging’ – US researchers rejuvenate old/damaged human cells by replacing their mitochondria: 13wham.com/news/nation-...
Paper: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
See also @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Scientists boost 'tiny batteries' within our cells in hopes of slowing effects of aging
Scientists at Texas A&M have developed a method to recharge aging cells in hopes of helping people fight diseases and physical deterioration as they grow older.
13wham.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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The ISSCR and STEMCELL Technologies have launched Applying the ISSCR Standards for Research, a free, on-demand course designed to help scientists integrate the ISSCR Standards for Human Stem Cell Use in Research into their work. Learn more and take the course today👉 https://bit.ly/4aCuhzJ
December 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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ISSCR President Hideyuki Okano shares how the #ISSCR2026 Annual Meeting comes at a transformative time in the stem cell field, as therapies are approaching the clinic. Learn about the Presidential Symposium speakers and more: https://bit.ly/4aGimB5
December 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Congratulations to Professor Jose Polo, our inaugural Metcalf Prize winner (2021), for securing funding under the Australian Research Council 2026 Discovery Project scheme @embl.org 👉 emblaustralia.org/grant-succes...
Here's why we supported him: stemcellfoundation.net.au/jose_polo_sh...
December 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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‘FDA approves first stem cell therapy to treat severe aplastic anemia’ – United Press International reports on US Food and Drug Administration announcement: www.upi.com/Health_News/...
FDA approves first stem cell therapy to treat severe aplastic anemia - UPI.com
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of the first hematopoietic stem cell transplant therapy to treat patients with rare but severe aplastic anemia.
www.upi.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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‘Young people urged to join stem cell donor roll with full matches hard to come by’ – Great @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social article and a reminder for young people aged 18 to 35 to join the stem cell donor registry, to help Rowan and others like him: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Thousands join stem cell donor roll but still no match for Rowan
Rowan Tong-Law, 18, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia last year and has been searching for a full stem cell donor match.
www.abc.net.au
December 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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‘Chinese scientists develop promising stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease’ – @scmpnews.bsky.social reports on ‘an ultra-efficient stem cell approach’ to the neurological disease involving a clinical trial by First Affiliated Hospital of USTC: scmp.com/news/china/s...
Chinese scientists develop promising stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s
New biotech allows ‘seeds’ planted in the brain to differentiate into new nerve cells, reshaping its neural network.
scmp.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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‘The Year in Cell Biology: 2025’ – Journal of Cell Biology wraps up the year with 13 of the ‘most impactful papers’, including how sphingolipid metabolism regulates stem cell function: rupress.org/jcb/collecti...
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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‘The functional principles of eye evolution: Light-sensitive stem cells provide new insight’ – study reveals ‘a ring of neural stem cells’, responsive to light, drive eye growth throughout the life of marine bristleworms: phys.org/news/2025-12...
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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The functional principles of eye evolution: Light-sensitive stem cells provide new insight
A new study, led by the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, shows how the eyes of adult marine bristleworms continue to grow throughout life—driven by a ring of neura...
phys.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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‘Mini lung organoids made in bulk could help test personalised cancer treatments’ – Researchers in Germany find ‘a simple, automated way’ of making lung organoids: oncologynews.com.au/latest-news/...
Paper: doi.org/10.3389/fbio...
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Mini lung organoids made in bulk could help test personalised cancer treatments
oncologynews.com.au
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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👩‍🚀 What are the health effects of space on astronauts? Our Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD, sheds light on the topic in a new @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social article. Her work — the 1st comprehensive study of stem cell health in astronauts — provides answers NASA Twins couldn't: bit.ly/3KsuyLe
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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‘Zapping stem cells could boost growth of new tissues and organs’ – Scientists at Melbourne’s RMIT University uncover how ‘tiny electrical pulses can steer stem cells as they grow’: phys.org/news/2025-12...
Paper – doi.org/10.1002/admi...
Zapping stem cells could boost growth of new tissues and organs
Scientists in Melbourne have discovered how tiny electrical pulses can steer stem cells as they grow, opening the door to new improved ways of creating new tissues, organs, nerves and bones.
phys.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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‘9 medical breakthroughs that gave us hope in 2025’ – Nat Geo gives a nod to ‘giant leaps in regenerative medicine’: use of stem cells to create ureter tissue and an implantable heart patch: www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...
Papers:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
9 medical breakthroughs that gave us hope in 2025
From custom gene editing to a discovery that could help stop pancreatic cancer before it starts, these advances offer a glimpse at the future of human health.
www.nationalgeographic.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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‘New off-the-shelf pancreatic cancer therapy able to hunt down tumors — even after they spread: study’ – UCLA researchers build therapy by turning ‘human stem cells into an invariant natural killer T cell’: nypost.com/2025/12/01/h...
Paper: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
New ‘off-the-shelf’ pancreatic cancer therapy able to hunt down tumors — even after they spread: study
Scientists at UCLA have developed an “off-the-shelf” cell-based immunotherapy that was able to track down and kill pancreatic cancer cells even after they had spread to other …
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December 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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‘First-of-Its-Kind Treatment Boosts Vision in Human Trial, Scientists Report’ – clinical trial of ‘a treatment based on stem cell transplants’ for people with dry age-related macular degeneration: sciencealert.com/first-of-its...
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Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.st...
First-of-Its-Kind Treatment Boosts Vision in Human Trial, Scientists Report
Taking a photo of a friend? You've probably got their face centered and focused.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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‘Seventh patient cured of HIV: why scientists are excited' – A 60-year old man in Germany is ‘at least the seventh person with HIV to be announced free of the virus after receiving a stem cell transplant’: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
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Seventh patient ‘cured’ of HIV: why scientists are excited
A man in Germany is HIV-free after receiving stem cells that are not resistant to the virus.
doi.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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‘Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy’ – BBC case study, spanning more than a year, follows world-first gene therapy for a boy with Hunter syndrome, starting with stem cells harvested from his blood: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hunter syndrome: Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy
Oliver has an inherited condition called Hunter syndrome, which causes progressive damage to the body and brain.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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‘We're on the brink of curing arthritis. Here's how’ – Interesting read in BBC Science Focus Magazine on research into diagnosis and potential treatments for osteoarthritis, including use of stem cells and human clinical trials in the UK: www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-bo...
We're on the brink of curing arthritis. Here's how | BBC Science Focus Magazine
We might finally be able to spot osteoarthritis early… and bring it to a halt. First, we need to agree on what it actually is.
www.sciencefocus.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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‘How stem cell therapy can regenerate brain tissue after a stroke’ - @theconversation.com article concludes: “Many challenges are yet to be solved, but each new advance reminds us of something essential: not only can the brain learn, it can also be repaired.” 👏 theconversation.com/how-stem-cel...
How stem cell therapy can regenerate brain tissue after a stroke
For decades, stroke damage was though to be irreversible.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM