Targeted Research

Read about our reNEW Melbourne led targeted research projects:

• Creating a new platform to generate antibodies in the lab
• Creating cartilage from stem cells
• Developing a bioengineered heart tissue patch
• Developing a drug screening platform for neurological diseases
• Developing a gene therapy for heart disease
• Developing of a measure of blood stem cells generated in the lab
• Developing a stem-cell derived kidney for end-stage renal disease
• Finding better ways to make insulin producing cells to treat diabetes
• Identify new treatments for Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
• Investigating new drugs that improve heart function
• Generating a stem cell-derived heart valve
• Modelling childhood leukaemia to better understand the disease
• Protecting the heart from chemotherapy
• Screening new treatments for rare childhood kidney disease
• Using stem-cell models of the lung to identify cellular therapies for Rhinovirus