The Bold and Beautiful project is a stem cell awareness initiative to raise the profile of stem cells in Australia through CSR program, corporate partners and global collaboration.
With special guest Professor Alan Trounson, President of $3 billion California Institute of Regenerative Medicine.
JayGrey wins siren award. JayGrey ForACURE.
Siren Awards 2013, Round 1 Overall Winners – ForACURE Foundation: Daniel
National Radio Advertising Campaign has commenced – listen out for the ad on Radio 2UE in Sydney, 3AW & Magic FM in Melbourne, 4BC & 4BH in Brisbane, 5AA in Adelaide and 6PR in Perth. Join the discussion and help raise awareness by calling in to any of these talkback stations.
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Save the Date – Thursday, October 31, 2013 will be the inaugural Stems For Stems Day.
More info on this exciting initiative will be coming soon…
Barbara was recently interviewed regarding her advocacy for heart research:
Heart research done on women also helps men as well,” Streisand said in her recent speech. “Take stem cell research, for example. Recently, Dr. Merz and I were talking about the work of a colleague who is trying to grow the first human heart in a petri dish. She had a breakthrough in her study when she found out that using only female stem cells was the solution. She discovered that using male stem cells didn’t work; they got totally lost. And, as we know, men — even male stem cells — won’t ask for directions.
Rush University Medical Center is conducting the nation’s first clinical study of an innovative stem cell drug, Cartistem, to repair knee cartilage damaged by aging, trauma or degenerative diseases such as osteoarthritis.
Doctors diagnosed a man with a rare eye disease called corneal limbal stem cell deficiency, which was causing the normal cells on Binns’ corneas to be replaced with scar tissue, leading to painful eye ulcers that clouded over his corneas.
Since a corneal transplant was not an option for Binns, his doctors at Toronto Western Hospital proposed something new: a limbal stem cell transplant.
Just like with an organ transplant, Binns’ doctors had to find a healthy match. It turned out his younger sister, Victoria, was the ideal candidate for the job.
In the operating room, doctors removed the scar tissue on Taylor’s eyes, then took some healthy stem cells from Victoria’s eyes and stitched them to the surface of Binns’ eyes.
“Within a month he could see 20/40,” says ophthalmologist Dr. Allan Slomovic. “His last visit he was 20/20 and 20/40.”
In a breakthrough that signifies a move toward a cure for type 1 diabetes, researchers in Australia have identified stem cells in the pancreas that can be turned into insulin-producing cells. The finding promises to bring closer the day when people with type 1 diabetes will be able to produce their own insulin in their own regenerated insulin-producing pancreatic cells.
Sunbury Primary School in Victoria raises $432 out of uniform day for stem cell research!!! A *BIG* Thank You to all the students! Click on the logo to visit the school’s website.
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James has been selected to be on Channel 7 game show It’s Academic!
He’s also a captain of one of the five school teams.
They film in February 2013.. stay tuned! Good Luck James!
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