New Hope for a Rare and Deadly Neurological Disease
The Context: Pelizaeus – Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a rare neurological condition typically diagnosed in infancy which often becomes fatal by a patient’s teenage years. While...
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Three is Better Than One: Three-Organoid System Opens Door for More Comprehensive Study and Treatment of Liver Diseases
The Context: Organoids (3D aggregates of human tissue made from stem cells) are advantageous for studying disease and development since they recapitulate the way different cell...
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Alumna Vanessa Ruta Named 2019 MacArthur Fellow
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Alumna and Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Associate Professor Vanessa Ruta, PhD, of The Rockefeller University has been named...
Genetic Variants Synergize to Confer Schizophrenia Risk
The Context: Schizophrenia has a strong genetic component. Scientists have discovered many genetic variants that may play a role in its onset, but each individual variant...
A New Method for Untangling DNA is Helping Scientists Change a Cell’s Identity
The Context: Stem cells are advantageous for disease research because of their ability to become any type of cell in the body, allowing scientists to see...
Parent-Specific Stem Cells Provide Insight into Human Development
The Context: Humans inherit two sets of genes, one from each biological parent. Some of these genes have only one parent’s copy activated, while the other...
A New Soldier Against Skin Cancer: The Hair Follicle
The Context: Some genetic mutations are risk factors for developing diseases such as cancer. However, while certain mutations may lead to cancer in some tissues, they...
Alzheimer’s Stem Cells are Uncovering Disease Mechanisms, and NYSCF is Making Them Widely Available to the Research Community
One of the great advantages of stem cells is that they can be used to make personalized models of disease — they let us study exactly...
NYSCF Supports New Google Policy Barring Ads for Unproven Stem Cell Therapies
The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute strongly supports Google’s announcement that it will no longer allow ads for clinics offering unapproved stem cell therapies....
NYSCF Gender Equality Report Card Identifies Widespread Underrepresentation of Women in STEM
Despite a mountain of evidence that a diverse research workforce benefits scientific investigation, achieving gender equality in science, technology, engineering, and medicine (STEM) remains an enormous...
Grades Are In: Gender Equality Report Card Reveals Systematic Underrepresentation of Women in STEM
Four-year Study of over 500 Research Institutions Identifies Widespread Gender Imbalance New York, NY (September 5, 2019) – Teams from the New York Stem Cell Foundation...
To Make New Neurons, Alzheimer’s-Affected Brains Need to do Some Cleaning
The Context: Alzheimer’s-affected brains do not make new neurons out of neural stem cells as efficiently as healthy brains, and this is an early sign of...
Stem Cells Take to Space: NYSCF Collaboration Launches the First 3D Models of Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis to the International Space Station
On Thursday evening, SpaceX cargo flight CRS-18 took off from Cape Canaveral, bound for the International Space Station (ISS). Aboard for the 250-mile journey were brain...
Meet LADL: A New Technology for Controlling DNA Folding
The Context: To fit inside the nucleus of our cells, our DNA crumples up, forming loops and making itself compact. When certain sequences of looped DNA...
CRISPR to the RESCUE: Gene Editing Technology Gets More Versatile
The Context: CRISPR is a powerful gene editing tool which traditionally works by locating and modifying stretches of DNA within the genome. However, this technique creates...
NYSCF Collaboration Finds Possible Mechanism Behind Tired Brain Cells in Progressive MS
The Context: In multiple sclerosis (MS), brain cells degenerate and malfunction, leaving patients with symptoms such as numbness, weakness, vision loss, tremor, fatigue, and cognitive impairment....
In Determining Disgust vs. Attraction, Timing is Everything
The Context: To survive, animals learn from their surroundings. Forming associations with sights, sounds, and smells helps create a bank of information and behaviors that can...
On the Same Wavelength: Michael Yartsev Discovers that Bats’ Brains Sync When They Socialize
The Context: When humans talk to each other, there is a correlation in our brain activity—in some areas, it syncs up. But human studies have been...
NYSCF Innovators Forge New Connections at Annual Retreat
What one word would our Innovators use to describe the NYSCF community? “Family,” said NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator and Stanford University Assistant Professor of Neurobiology...
Exploring the Promise of Regenerative Medicine at “Stem Cells in the City”
The key to fixing many devastating diseases and injuries could very well lie in regenerative medicine. The secret? Stem cell research. At NYSCF’s recent event, “Stem...
A New Frontier for Understanding Fatty Liver Disease
The Context: Fatty liver diseases such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic stereohepatitis (NASH), and Wolman disease are especially difficult to study and treat due...
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellows Gather in New York to Welcome New Class and Reconnect
The NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellowship Program supports the most talented postdoctoral scientists at critical junctures in their careers who are in the pursuit of innovative and...
CRISPR Gets an Upgrade Thanks to “Jumping Genes”
The Context: CRISPR is a powerful, ‘word-processor’-like tool for editing DNA, but currently it is much easier to eliminate undesired sequences than it is to accurately...
NYSCF Collaboration Discovers New Role for Metabolism in Pluripotency
The Context: What makes stem cells special is their ability to turn into other cell types in the body (a characteristic called “pluripotency”). Our understanding of...