Stem cells

For patients with kidney failure, the ability to replace a damaged kidney with a healthy kidney grown from their own cells could be a life saver. Now, AIBN scientists have developed a remarkable new research tool that could help make this a reality.  

Judges make their final decisions for creative and ingenious Stem Cell Hackathon.

New research from the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at the University of Queensland has brought us a step closer to understanding how protein clumps called amyloid plaques contribute to the death of brain cells in Alzheimer’s disease.