NYSCF Innovator Uses Gene Editing Technology to Screen Deadly Brain Cancer for Weaknesses
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator and NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize Awardee Dr. Feng Zhang and his team at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT...
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NYSCF Weighs in on Stem Cell Tourism Regulation
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced an increase in oversight and enforcement of the use of unproven stem cell therapies in the US. Hundreds of...
NYSCF Innovator Illuminates the Brain Mechanisms of Pitch Perception
The neural process of understanding spoken language is extremely complex. The brain must interpret not only the sounds creating the words spoken, but also detect additional...
NYSCF Innovator Explores How the Brain Identifies Familiar Faces
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Winrich Freiwald and a team of researchers at The Rockefeller University discovered important insights into the brain areas and processes behind...
NYSCF Innovator Shows Zika’s Effects on Peripheral Nervous System
NYSCF Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Alumnus Dr. Gabsang Lee and his team at Johns Hopkins University published their latest insights into how the zika virus causes...
NYSCF Innovator Feng Zhang Investigates the Role of Genetic Diversity in Future Gene Editing Treatments
The possibilities and implications of utilizing gene editing technology to treat patients raise thorny questions that must be addressed in a careful and thorough research and...
NYSCF Innovator Discovers Cells Police Neighbors
Cells in healthy tissue still acquire mutations. While many of these mutations are serious, and potentially cancerous, they rarely cause large-scale change within the tissue. NYSCF –...
Dr. Melissa Nirenberg Joins NYSCF as Chief Medical Officer
Melissa Nirenberg, MD, PhD is joining NYSCF this September in a newly created role of Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Nirenberg comes to NYSCF from the NYU...
Utilizing Expansion Microscopy for Diagnosis
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Alumnus Dr. Ed Boyden, a professor at MIT Media Lab, has developed a new technique for precisely imaging biopsy samples utilizing standard...
Modeling the Digestive Tract using Stem Cells
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Alumna Dr. Shuibing Chen at Weill Cornell Medical School successfully developed a protocol for deriving organoids representing the human digestive...
NYSCF Innovator Bioengineers Human Liver Tissue
A big issue surrounding liver transplants is that there aren’t enough livers to go around. Patients can end up on extensive waiting lists, unsure if they’ll...
Noninvasive Deep Brain Stimulation
Deep brain stimulation via implanted electrodes has proven an effective therapy for Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, and depression among other disorders; however, it remains an invasive and...
NYSCF Innovator Discovers Brain Network for Interpreting Social Interactions
How primates, including humans, easily and effortlessly process social interactions such as playing, fighting and grooming has historically been shrouded in mystery. NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator...
Sharing NYSCF’s Voice on Big Data, Precision Medicine and Innovative Business Models
NYSCF CEO Susan L. Solomon discussed “Harnessing patient data using stem cells to power precision medicine” during her co-located keynote plenary talk at the Cord Blood...
NYSCF Innovator Maps Neural Circuit for Fly Navigation
To successfully exist, many animals keep track of their angular heading, or directionality, over time as they navigate their environments; however, the brain architecture enabling this...
NYSCF Innovator Explores Gamma Rhythm Synchronization in the Visual Cortex
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Hillel Adesnik and his team at the University of California, Berkeley, reported their latest work studying the effect of gamma band...
NYSCF Innovators Derive Microglia From Stem Cells
Your body is full of immune cells that fight off infection and illness. You’ve probably heard of a few of them: white blood cells, B cells,...
NYSCF Innovator Improves Neuron Derivation from Stem Cells
Creating consistent groups of mature neurons from stem cells remains challenging in the lab. NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator and NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell...
NYSCF Innovator Studies Brain Processing During Conflicting Cues
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Kay Tye and her team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology published their latest work dissecting the mechanisms of how behavior...
NYSCF Innovator Develops Mature, Diverse Brain “Organoids”
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Paola Arlotta and a team of researchers at Harvard University developed protocols to create human brain organoids, organ models...
NYSCF Opens New Research Institute and Headquarters in Manhattan
NYSCF officially opened its new state-of-the-art Research Institute and headquarters in Manhattan. The expanded NYSCF Research Institute will allow scientists to conduct the most advanced stem...
NYSCF Innovator Improves Revolutionary Imaging Technique
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Ed Boyden and his team at MIT Media Lab published their latest work advancing and improving their revolutionary imaging technique:...
NYSCF Investigator Unearths Complexity in Brain Navigation System
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Lisa Giocomo and a team at Stanford University published their recent work in Neuron investigating how navigation works in the brain. Grid cells, commonly...
NYSCF Innovator Describes Potential Cell Replacement Strategy for Parkinson’s Disease
The traditional cell replacement therapy model relies on manufacturing the relevant cell type in the lab and injecting or replacing these cells into the patient, curing...