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Science and Technology priorities – Election 2019

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8 May 2019 Parties use science to set themselves apart ….

The major parties have laid out their science and technology platform for Australian voters, with clear differences in their approach and vision for empowering the solutions sector.

Responding to a survey from peak body Science & Technology Australia (STA), the Coalition, the Labor Party and the Greens have all […]

2019-05-08T04:07:34+10:00May 8th, 2019|

Miracle Elixirs

A long way into the quest to vanquish cancer, our ears strain to hear the words, “Cancer is cured”- a yearning that can cloud our judgment.

The Scientist

Apr 1, 2019

BOB GRANT Editor-in-Chief

Cancer has bedeviled humankind since long before scientists even had a word to describe the dread disease. It is therefore understandable that our ears […]

2019-04-04T03:27:36+11:00April 4th, 2019|

UC San Diego Health Treats 1st Cancer Patient with Stem-Cell Derived Natural Killer Cells

https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2019-04-01-UC-San-Diego-Health-Treats-Cancer-Patient-with-Stem-Cell-Derived-Natural-Killer-Cells.aspx

UC San Diego Health Treats 1st Cancer Patient with Stem-Cell Derived Natural Killer Cells
Fate Therapeutics, in collaboration with UC San Diego researcher, developed first off-the-shelf immunotherapy from human induced pluripotent stem cells that is now in clinical trials.

April 01, 2019  |  Yadira Galindo

After 10 years in remission, Derek Ruff’s cancer returned, this […]

2019-04-02T02:22:48+11:00April 2nd, 2019|

Tom’s Long Fight

Tom Long’s battle with Multiple Myeloma

Lisa Wilkinson interviewed Aussie Actor and multiple myeloma patient Tom Long on The Sunday Project to help raise awareness for blood cancer and the need for more research in Australia.  The story is heartbreaking, Tom is hanging on to hope.  Hope that a CAR-T cell treatment that he has to […]

2019-03-25T23:18:28+11:00March 25th, 2019|

From Bangladesh to Melbourne …… via Perth

Ms Rasa Islam is Cartherics’ first full-time PhD student. She’s joining the team under a prestigious Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) Project Grant entitled “Allogeneic Stem Cell Cancer immunotherapies”.

As part of the CRC-P Program, Cartherics offers high calibre students PhD research programs of study that include international level research training, […]

2019-03-27T00:13:22+11:00March 25th, 2019|

Australia is handicapped in the delivery of cell therapies, says Alan Trounson

THE promise is remarkable: a new class of affordable, effective cancer treatments beyond surgery, chemotherapy, biologicals and radiation. Imagine cancer specialists being able to select from a range of treatments to supercharge a patient’s immune system, helping it eliminate cancer.

This is not a distant vision. It is happening right here, right now. A research team, […]

2019-03-21T01:00:32+11:00March 21st, 2019|
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