by Toryvb | 24,Oct,2022 | News, Radio
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/gene-therapy-rare-diseases/101405506 Robert Lamberth was born with a genetic disorder that meant his blood didn’t clot properly. Throughout his life, he received regular transfusions of the clotting...
by Toryvb | 14,Sep,2020 | News, Print Media, Radio
In a world first, Prof. Rasko and his team have completed the first human clinical trial using engineered stem cells to treat an immune disease called graft versus host disease. The work published today in Nature Medicine examines the use of human induced pluripotent...
by Toryvb | 24,Sep,2018 | News, Radio, Television
‘Life Re-Engineered’ Our own Prof. John Rasko AO has delivered the ABC’s prestigious Boyer Lectures for 2018 – in which he explains something about the research we are doing into Cell and Gene Therapies. He examines the social and moral impact...
by Toryvb | 10,Nov,2017 | News, Radio
Bioethicists are calling for tighter regulation of the insurance industry when it comes to genetic testing. Researchers say that some Australians have been unable to take out insurance policies because of results contained in their genetic tests. They say this is...
by Toryvb | 25,Oct,2017 | News, Radio
The first-ever approval of a Cell-based Gene Therapy by the Federal Drug Administration in the US has finally come – after many years of research and development into our long-held belief that DNA holds the key to a possible cure for disease. Our own Professor...
by Toryvb | 25,Aug,2017 | News, Radio
Should unproven stem cell therapies be regulated? A group of 15 senior doctors and researchers from around the world have published a paper calling for worldwide regulations against unproven stem cell therapies. Warnings that a treatment is...