Robert Williamson

If Human Brain Organoids Are the Answer to Understanding Dementia, What Are the Questions?

Lezanne Ooi, Mirella Dottori, Anthony L Cook, Martin Engel, Vini Gautam, Alexandra Grubman, Damian Hernandez, Anna E King, Simon Maksour, Helena Targa Dias Anastacio, Rachelle Balez, Alice Pebay, Colin Pouton, Michael Valenzuela, Anthony White, Robert Williamson

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Neuroscientist

Because our beliefs regarding our individuality, autonomy, and personhood are intimately bound up with our brains, there is a publ..

Reactions to the National Academies/Royal Society Report on Heritable Human Genome Editing

Misha Angrist, Rodolphe Barrangou, Francoise Baylis, Carolyn Brokowski, Gaetan Burgio, Arthur Caplan, Carolyn Riley Chapman, George M Church, Robert Cook-Deegan, Bryan Cwik, Jennifer A Doudna, John H Evans, Henry T Greely, Laura Hercher, J Benjamin Hurlbut, Richard O Hynes, Tetsuya Ishii, Samira Kiani, LaTasha Hoskins Lee, Guillaume Levrier, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  CRISPR JOURNAL

In September 2020, a detailed report on Heritable Human Genome Editing was published. The report offers a translational pathway fo..

Non-invasive in vivo hyperspectral imaging of the retina for potential biomarker use in Alzheimer's disease

Xavier Hadoux, Flora Hui, Jeremiah KH Lim, Colin L Masters, Alice Pebay, Sophie Chevalier, Jason Ha, Samantha Loi, Christopher J Fowler, Christopher Rowe, Victor L Villemagne, Edward N Taylor, Christopher Fluke, Jean-Paul Soucy, Frederic Lesage, Jean-Philippe Sylvestre, Pedro Rosa-Neto, Sulantha Mathotaarachchi, Serge Gauthier, Ziad S Nasreddine, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

Studies of rodent models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and of human tissues suggest that the retinal changes that occur in AD, inclu..

Effect of APOE Genotype on Amyloid Deposition, Brain Volume, and Memory in Cognitively Normal Older Individuals

Yen Ying Lim, Robert Williamson, Simon M Laws, Victor L Villemagne, Pierrick Bourgeat, Christopher Fowler, Stephanie Rainey-Smith, Olivier Salvado, Ralph N Martins, Christopher C Rowe, Colin L Masters, Paul Maruff

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE

BACKGROUND: The association between the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ɛ4 allele and high risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) dem..

Australia needs an Ombudsman or Office for Research Integrity

PM Brooks, DL Vaux, R Williamson

Journal article  |  2016  |  INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL

Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines from Friedreich Ataxia Patients

Jun Liu, Paul J Verma, Marguerite V Evans-Galea, Martin B Delatycki, Anna Michalska, Jessie Leung, Duncan Crombie, Joseph P Sarsero, Robert Williamson, Mirella Dottori, Alice Pebay

Journal article  |  2011  |  STEM CELL REVIEWS AND REPORTS

Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterised by neurodegeneration and cardiomyopathy. It is caused by..

Stimulation of Activin A/Nodal signaling is insufficient to induce definitive endoderm formation of cord blood-derived unrestricted somatic stem cells

Caitlin E Filby, Robert Williamson, Peter van Kooy, Alice Pebay, Mirella Dottori, Ngaire J Elwood, Faten Zaibak

Journal article  |  2011  |  STEM CELL RESEARCH & THERAPY

INTRODUCTION: Unrestricted somatic stem cells (USSC) derived from umbilical cord blood are an attractive alternative to human embr..

Formation Of Endoderm And Lung Epithelial Cells From Cord Blood-derived Stem Cells

Caitlin Filby, Ngaire Elwood, Peter Van Kooy, Jenny Kozlovski, Robert Williamson, Faten Zaibak

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  C59. STEM CELLS, PROGENITOR CELLS AND TISSUE REGENERATION

Prenatal genetic screening and counselling

R Williamson, R Forbes

Journal article  |  2010  |  Medicine Today

The challenge of developmentally appropriate care: predictive genetic testing in young people for familial adenomatous polyposis

Rony E Duncan, Lynn Gillam, Julian Savulescu, Robert Williamson, John G Rogers, Martin B Delatycki

Journal article  |  2010  |  FAMILIAL CANCER

Predictive genetic tests for familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) are routinely offered to young people during early adolescence. ..