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Treatment hope for premature babies
A treatment offering hope to parents of very premature babies is showing great promise, in the first worldwide stocktake of research into umbilical cord blood stem cells. Dr Lindsay Zhou…… Read more
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Helping pre-term babies avoid bronchopulmonary dysplasia by controlling inflammatory response
Medical researchers are a big step closer to understanding and controlling the inflammatory responses in pre-terms that can cause devastating heart and lung conditions including bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and pulmonary…… Read more
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How one study is changing the way cell therapy is delivered for premature babies
Research into a chronic lung disease in premature babies is leading Hudson Institute researchers to develop new procedures on how to treat infants with cell-based therapies. Key points A/Prof Rebecca…… Read more
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Helping preterm babies avoid brain damage
High-tech images have revealed for the first time that preterm babies on ventilators could be at risk of brain injury, leading to calls for caution during treatment. Associate Professor Flora…… Read more
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Stem cell therapy discovery brings lung disease treatment closer
A cutting-edge new treatment for a fatal lung disease is one step closer thanks to a discovery by Hudson Institute stem cell therapy researchers. A/Prof Rebecca Lim This discovery, that…… Read more
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Funding boost to develop lung treatment for premature babies
Associate Professor Rebecca Lim has been awarded $300,000 from the Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund to progress her laboratory’s research into a new regenerative medicine, to treat an incurable chronic…… Read more
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Long-term outcomes of world-first study involving stem cells for premature babies with chronic lung disease
Hudson Institute and Monash University researchers have assessed the long-term outcomes of their world-first study that used placental stem cells in premature babies with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a form…… Read more
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Taking the pressure off little lungs and hearts
New research into an anti-inflammatory drug for treating lung disease in pre-term babies has shown it also has the potential to prevent the disease’s subsequent complication, pulmonary hypertension (PH), a…… Read more
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Contribution to human health top-ranked
Associate Professor Rebecca Lim is now formally among the top scientists in Australia after being ranked the highest applicant in the industry category for the 2018 National Health and Medical…… Read more
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World-first trial of placental cell treatment helping premature babies
A world-first therapy, developed at Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Monash University, using cells from the human placenta to repair the damaged lungs of premature babies, is giving hope…… Read more
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