Top stem cell scientists discuss the new therapies in the pipeline to heal heart damage, understand inherited heart conditions, and improve heart function.
Hosted by Foundation director and stem cell biologist Professor Megan Munsie (the University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, it's the first in our Future Medicine series of community education events.
Speakers:
• repairing damage from heart disease and heart attack by growing new tissues: Associate Professor James Chong, a regenerative medicine researcher at Westmead Institute for Medical Research and The University of Sydney, and cardiologist at Westmead Hospital.
• understanding congenital heart diseases and developing tissues to supplement pumping power: Professor Enzo Porrello, a stem cell scientist at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
• finding drug candidates for COVID 19-related heart damage: Professor James Hudson, a bioengineer at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.
With an audience Q&A.
3 сен 2022
