Stem Cell Medicine, part I — Dr Anai Gonzales Cordero

Medicine has come a long way from leeches and bloodlettings. Anai and her team work with stem cells, which can differentiate into whatever you want them to — muscle, brain, eyeball, anything! Which means researchers can now grow tiny model organs (called organelles) to test treatments and drugs, and even transplant healthy cells to repair diseased tissues.
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Dr Anai Gonzales Cordero from the Children's Medical Research Institute at the University of Sydney, speaking to students at the 43rd Professor Harry Messel International Science School, ISS2023: solve for x — The University of Sydney, Australia, July 2023.