UCSD, Australia Link Up for Stem Cell Research

By The San Diego Union-Tribune

Apr. 11–CHICAGO — Researchers from the University of California San Diego and Australia will work together on stem cell projects under an agreement announced yesterday.

The plan announced at the Biotechnology Industry Organization conference in Chicago calls for UCSD scientists to collaborate with counterparts from the Melbourne-based Australian Stem Cell Centre and Monash University.

Proposed areas of collaboration include basic human embryonic stem cell biology, neurological disorders and cardiac regenerative medicine.

Additionally, Premier Steve Bracks of the Australian state of Victoria said stem cell lines developed there would be distributed throughout the U.S. under an agreement with the Temecula company Chemicon.

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