AUSTRALIAN STEM CELL CENTRE

The 'Australian Stem Cell Centre' - the National Biotechnology Centre of Excellence - is a research and development centre which focusses on regenerative medicine through the use of stem cells. It was founded in 2003, and has received over $100 million in funding in recent years.^[1] It is Australia's premier stem cell research organisation.^[2]
It is based at Monash University's Science Technology Research and Innovation Precinct. It was founded by 9 leading Australian universities and medical research institutes. One of the founders of the Centre is Dr Alan Trounson, a Monash scientist who was part of the team that delivered Australia's first IVF baby in 1980. Trounson has also made several ground-breaking discoveries in stem cell research.^[3] In 2000, Trounson led a the team of scientists which first reported nerve stem cells derived from embryonic stem cells, which led to a dramatic increase in interest in the potential of stem cell research.

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1. http://www.stemcellcentre.edu.au/research-development.aspx
2. http://www.monash.edu.au/iitb/assets/iitb-brochure.pdf
3. http://www.atse.org.au/index.php?sectionid=944