Stem Cell Research

Research into both adult and embryonic stem cells is a rapidly evolving field that attracts considerable public attention.

In December 2002 legislation to ban cloning and regulate research involving human embryos was passed by Federal Parliament.

The NHMRC: National Health and Medical Research Council [National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)] has responsibility for administering arrangements on the use of embryos for stem cell research.

Reviewed Sept 2007

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Title:   Stem cells, cloning and related issues
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   The Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Act 2006 ('Patterson Bill')
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation in the first line treatment of aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   On the first decade of study into autologous transplantation for the treatment of aggressive lymphoma, the focus was on the use of this approach to rescue patients after relapse or if the disease already progressed under standard chemotherapy. These enc...
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Human embryos & cloning
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   This section of the site contains a comprehensive range of topics relevant to research involving human embryos and the prohibition of human cloning.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Stem cells, cloning and related issues
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   A primer on stem cells, the regulation of human embryo research and the prohibition of human cloning in Australia.
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Fetal tissue use in research
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   Research involving the fetus and fetal tissue requires special consideration. Supplementary note 5, in conjunction with the National Statement on ethical conduct in research involving humans are used as a guide on ethical matters for research involving the human fetus or human fetal tissue.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   National statement on ethical conduct in research involving humans
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   The purpose of this Statement is to provide a national reference point for ethical consideration relevant to all research involving humans. It identifies the ethical principles and values which should govern research involving humans.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Gene therapy
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Genetic faults can directly cause a wide range of disorders such as cystic fibrosis and haemophilia, and may be involved in susceptibility to some cancers. Gene therapy is an experimental form of treatment that works by replacing a faulty disease-causing gene with a healthy version.
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Stem cell research and cloning: what you need to know
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   What is stem cell research and what kind of research can be carried out in Australia? What are the potential benefits to medical science, of stem cell research?
Date:   Oct 2006
Title:   Status of the regulatory oversight of haematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A framework for cord blood has been developed with full input by the sector and ratified by the Therapeutic Goods Committee. The TGA will work with jurisdictions and other stakeholders to ensure a smooth transition for facilities which are currently not subject to regulation.
Date:   Nov 2005
Title:   High dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow or stem cell transplantation versus conventional chemotherapy for women with early poor prognosis breast cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Women with breast cancer who have multiple positive lymph nodes when first diagnosed are at high risk of recurrence. Conventional chemotherapy has limited success and is unsafe in high doses as it damages the bone marrow. One treatment considered promis...
Date:   May 2005
Title:   High dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow or stem cell transplantation versus conventional chemotherapy for women with metastatic breast cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Advanced or 'metastatic' breast cancer is cancer that has spread beyond the breast and underarm lymph nodes to other parts of the body. Although metastatic breast cancer is often responsive to conventional chemotherapy it does not provide a cure. The do...
Date:   May 2005
Title:   Reclaiming citizenship: biotechnology and the civil society
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Eighteen months since the hype of the stem cell debate, what have we learnt? Not a great deal it seems.
Date:   Jan 2003
Title:   Parkinson's disease surgery
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Several surgical techniques are used in Parkinson`s disease.
Date:   Jul 2002
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