Congratulations to Centre Scientist Dr Tamara Yawno who has recently been awarded a LEW Carty Charitable Fund grant to continue her work: "Cord blood stem cells to reduce brain injury in preterm infants".
This important funding will allow Tamara and her colleagues to further explore how stem cells collected from cord blood might heal the injured newborn brain.
In Tamara's words: "We aim to to provide the scientific basis and knowledge to best inform how and when cord blood cells could be administered following a severe brain injury in premature infants. We hope that this work will prevent cerebral palsy in future generations of premature babies."
Exciting work. Well done Tamara.
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Showing posts with label preterm babies. Show all posts
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Saturday, 20 July 2013
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Another week, another award for a Ritchie scientist
Congratulations to Dr Claudia Nold!
This week Claudia was awarded the prestigious Christina Fleischmann Memorial Award by the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research. The Christina Fleischmann Memoral Award is an annual award to an early career woman scientist, recognizing an outstanding contribution to the field of cytokine research. At The Ritchie Centre, Claudia leads a research program on IL-37 and on activated protein C as possible treatments for major diseases in very preterm babies, such as chronic lung disease and necrotizing enterocolitis. This award is well deserved for the outstanding work Claudia and her team are doing.
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Tiny lives, tiny breaths but huge challenges
In the Australian Newspaper recently, Professor Stuart Hooper of the Ritchie Centre highlighted the challenges facing tiny newborn babies. Stuart is a world leading expert on fetal lung development. Over the past few years, his research has been re-writing the "How To" textbooks on caring for premature babies. Using advanced technology such as the Synchrotron, Stuart and his group have shown just how traditional resuscitation methods can damage a baby's lungs. Thanks to his work, tomorrow's babies with breath much easier.
Euan Wallace, Director
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