19-06-08
Australian stem cell scientists will build on the recent discovery that stem cells can be made from skin cells in a new collaborative research program, Victorian Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings and NSW Minister for Science and Medical Research Verity Firth announced today at BIO 2008 in San Diego (US).
The Australian scientists will spearhead a program to compare cells generated from skin cells, known as induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, with human embryo derived stem cells and stem cells derived from a somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) process using clinically unusable eggs in a bid to develop a routine repeatable way of making patient-specific stem cells within the nationally approved legislative guidelines.
Sydney IVF Limited and the Australian Stem Cell Centre have received $550,000 from the NSW and Victorian Governments to progress this new frontier of stem cell research.
Download the Victorian Government media release below.
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