Imagine being called up by the pope and being told you’re doing the “devil’s work” What kind of work could cause such a reaction? It’s actually research work in trying to help humanity – in particular, stem cell research.
Dr Orly Lacham-Kaplan is an award-winning senior research fellow at the Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
Listen in to this episode to find out about what stem cells are, how stem cell research can benefit medical science, and some of Dr Lacham-Kaplan’s research into infertility – and how stem cells are a key component in that research.
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