A ‘Genetic Score’ to Predict Whether a Medication May Cause a Patient Liver Injury
The Context: Many drugs cause liver injury in certain patients, and this is a leading cause of acute liver failure in the United States. A major...
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Experts Discuss the Latest in COVID-19 Research: Everything from Immunity to Stem Cells to Vaccines
It has been six months since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States at full force, leaving millions sick, out of work, and desperate for new...
Consortium Including NYSCF Scientists Receives Grant Award to Study Parkinson’s Disease Risk Factors
A multi-institutional team of scientists led by Lorenz Studer, MD (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) and including Gist Croft, PhD (The NYSCF Research Institute), NYSCF –...
A Summer Like No Other: Meet the Class of 2020 NYSCF Interns
“Incredible.” “Eclectic.” “Life-changing.” These are just a few words that the 2020 class of NYSCF interns have used to describe their summer. These 22 talented high...
A New Method for Studying the DNA You Only Inherit from Your Mom, and What It Reveals About Disease and Aging
The Context: Mitochondria are structures in our cells that carry their own DNA inherited only from our mothers and provide energy to help our bodies function....
Does Brain Inflammation Trigger Neurodegeneration? If So, it Could Open the Door for New Therapies
Today, more than 6 million Americans suffer from neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and multiple sclerosis, and as our society ages, that number is only...
Why Are Mosquitoes So Thirsty For Our Blood, and What Does It Mean for the Way They Spread Disease?
The Context: Several infectious diseases such as Zika, dengue, yellow fever, and Chikungunya virus are transmissible through mosquito bites. Not all types of mosquitoes bite humans,...
Why Do We Get Goosebumps? The Answer Lies with the Stem Cells that Grow Hair.
The Context: While scientists suspect that goosebumps help animals with fur stay warm in cold environments, the reason that humans get goosebumps has been unclear. The...
Meet Lili Barbar: From Intern to Full Time Researcher to MD/PhD Student
At Lili Barbar’s final lab meeting (which per a discussion with her team, was pajama-themed), her mentor Valentina Fossati, PhD, began by expressing how much Lili...
For Fostering Gender Equity in Medicine, The Time is Now
“We just have to keep at it [with gender inequity in science and medicine],” remarked NYSCF CEO Susan L. Solomon. “We have to keep trying to...
NYSCF Innovator Collaboration Creates A New Tool for Tracking Brain Activity in Disease Research
The Context: One of the most useful ways for brain researchers to observe the activity of neurons is through a technique called calcium imaging, but current...
For Children With a Rare Neurological Disease, a First-Ever Treatment May be on the Horizon
The Context: Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a rare genetic disorder that affects myelin, the ‘cable insulation’ that helps neurons send signals, leading to severe muscle stiffness...
Listen Here: Stem Cells Open the Door For Hearing Loss Treatments
The Context: Approximately 48 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss, largely due to damage of hair cells in the ears that make hearing possible....
The Lack of Diversity in Biomedical Research has Deadly Consequences
Disease impacts everyone, but not in the same way. Disease risk and drug efficacy can vary a great deal across individuals, and unfortunately, much of what...
Remembering Christo
By Paul Goldberger, NYSCF Board Member The artist Christo, a longtime supporter of NYSCF, died on May 31. The New York Stem Cell Foundation mourns the...
Susan L. Solomon Receives Public Service Award From International Society for Stem Cell Research
NYSCF CEO Susan L. Solomon recently received the 2020 Public Service Award from the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) for her outstanding contributions to...
On the Road to Personalized Therapies for Women with Reproductive Cancers
Ovarian cancer is a difficult disease to tackle, as is evident from the statistics that surround it: Five years after diagnosis, ovarian cancer survival rates are...
Community Continues from Afar: Highlights of the NYSCF Innovators Retreat
Each year, current NYSCF – Robertson Investigators, NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellows, and NYSCF Research Institute scientists gather for the NYSCF Innovators Retreat: one week of discussion...
Why is Sleep Deprivation so Bad for You? The Answer May Lie in Your Gut
Featured image credit: Anna Olivella The Context: Chronic sleeplessness is associated with many disorders including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, obesity, and depression. Previous studies...
Science in the Time of COVID-19: Challenges, Opportunities, And the Path Forward
Featured image credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of millions, impacting how people are able (or unable) to...
All Your Questions About the Science of COVID-19, Answered – Plus How Stem Cells Can Help
Featured image credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases What makes the COVID-19 virus so hard to contain? Why do some people have severe reactions? What...
NYSCF Scientists Create the ‘Stars’ of the Brain and Capture Their Rogue Behavior in Disease
Read the press release here. You may not have heard of astrocytes before, but your body is full of them: they make up more than...
When Astrocytes Attack: Stem Cell Model Shows Possible Mechanism Behind Neurodegeneration
Human stem-cell-derived astrocytes can be triggered to become toxic to neurons, opening the door for new understanding and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Featured image credit: Christina...
Meet the 2020 Class of NYSCF — Druckenmiller Fellows
The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute (NYSCF) is proud to welcome the 2020 class of NYSCF — Druckenmiller Fellows. About the NYSCF Fellowship Program...
Feng Zhang Develops Prototype for Faster, Cheaper COVID-19 Test
A major hurdle in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic concerns testing: we desperately need to test at much higher rates to halt the virus’s spread by ensuring...