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• Human immune cells produced in a dish in world first

  09 January 2020

  A Melbourne research team, including members of Stem Cells Australia, has reproduced and visualised the earliest developmental steps in human immune cell production in the laboratory and are now set to advance our understanding of childhood diseases like leukemia and autoimmune conditions.
• New treatment for 'silent' heart attack survivors could make hearts stronger and repair scar tissue

  03 January 2020

  Associate Professor James Chong and his lab are using protein therapy to help repair scar tissue, particularly for people who don't know they've suffered a heart attack.
• Tomorrow's Medicine: A heart-felt desire to advance stem cell science

  23 December 2019

  Associate Professor James heads the Cardiac Regeneration laboratory at Sydney’s Westmead Institute for Medical Research, and is an interventional cardiologist at Westmead Hospital. He is using stem cells to treat damaged hearts.

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