NYSCF Innovator Studies Stem Cell Behavior in Adult Tissues
In the human body, adult tissues replace lost cells via pools of stem cells. However, the mechanisms of this process are not fully understood. NYSCF –...
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NYSCF Innovator Improves Research Model For Blood Cancer
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Ravindra Majeti, Stanford University School of Medicine, improved on human blood disease modeling using mouse models. The research, published...
NYSCF at the 2016 Town and Country Philanthropy Summit
NYSCF’s origin story and philanthropic mission were a highlight at the 2016 Town and Country Philanthropy Summit, held at the New York Historical Society. NYSCF CEO...
NYSCF Innovator Finds New Small Molecule Activator for Stem Cell Differentiation
Human stem cells require a certain cocktail of molecules to maintain their pluripotent state. Bone morphogenic proteins, or BMPs, promote differentiation in human cells, therefore molecules...
NYSCF Innovator Studies Zebra Finch Neurons During Song Production
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Michael Long, NYU School of Medicine, published the latest research out of his lab in Neuron describing neuronal behavior in Zebra...
Understanding Brain Regeneration in Axolotls
Axolotls have the ability to regenerate multiple organs, including their brains, throughout the course of their lives. This makes them an ideal model to study brain...
NYSCF Research Advances Mitochondrial Replacement
NYSCF has been at the forefront of bringing mitochondrial replacement therapy to the clinic and in 2011, published a seminal paper in Nature that showed mitochondrial replacement could...
NYSCF Innovator Studies 3D Genome Architecture During Stem Cell Reprogramming
The 3D structure of a cell’s genetic code, or genome, helps guide genetic expression. Though it is known that this structure is rearranged in somatic cells...
Partnering to Accelerate Alzheimer’s Research
The NYSCF Research Institute is committed to accelerating research by sharing its expertise and leveraging its technologies with scientists at collaborating institutions around the world. A...
NYSCF Team Uses The Power of Stem Cells To Understand Brain Cell Development
NYSCF Principal Investigator Dr. Valentina Fossati and a team of NYSCF Research Institute scientists continued to unravel the mysteries of multiple sclerosis with her latest paper...
NYSCF Innovator Sheds Light on Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Kristen Brennand, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, used advanced stem cell technology to support the hypothesis that...
NYSCF Innovator Illuminates Thought Processes
When people recall memories or make decisions neurons are activated and signals are shuttled through a sequence of these brain cells. NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator...
Decoding How Brains Respond to Positive and Negative Memories
The incredible advances in technology over the past two decades have given scientists the power to map the human brain. Researchers now know where in the...
Spotlighting International Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
NYSCF spoke with Dr. Valentina Fossati who leads NYSCF’s multiple sclerosis research on the future of MS treatments and how stem cells have changed the field...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Feng Zhang Receives 2016 Canada Gairdner Award
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Dr. Feng Zhang received the 2016 Canada Gairdner Award for his work developing revolutionary tools to edit DNA in establishing and enhancing...
New Type of Stem Cells that Accelerate Discovery
Normal human cells contain two copies of each gene – one inherited from a mother, and one from a father. An international collaboration of scientists including...
Stem Cell Treatments
NYSCF does not treat patients with stem cell therapies. Please visit www.clinicaltrials.gov for a complete listing of clinical trials being conducted worldwide, or consult your physician. Stem cell research...
NYSCF Investigator Chills Brains to Understand Language
NYSCF-Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Michael A. Long, NYU, cooled areas of the brain associated with speech to see the effects on patients. Previously, neuroscientists have relied on...
JLC Bowery 2016 Gallery
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Raising the bar on quality cells
NYSCF wants to transform stem cell treatments from dreams to reality. In order to move stem cell-based cures from the theoretical and into clinics, scientists must...
NYSCF Innovators Awarded Highest Honor by U.S. Government for Early Career Scientists
Every year, the President awards a group of scientists with the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. This year, two NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience...
NYSCF Investigator Understands Loneliness Under a Microscope
Scientists understand that socializing triggers the brain’s reward system. Brain cells in a specific region of the brain secrete dopamine, a chemical involved in addiction, movement...
Susan L. Solomon Interviewed by Women’s Health Podcast
NYSCF CEO and Co-founder Susan L. Solomon spoke with Women’s Health’s Online Senior Editor Caitlin Abber for their new podcast “Uninterrupted.” Ms. Solomon participated in a...
The Wall Street Journal Profiles NYSCF CEO and Co-Founder Susan L. Solomon
The Wall Street Journal profiled Susan L. Solomon, NYSCF CEO and Co-Founder. Part of the “Weekend Confidential” series, previously headlining Robert A.M. Stern, Tom Colicchio, and...
The New York Stem Cell Foundation Applauds the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Report on Mitochondrial Replacement Techniques
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) applauds the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Institute of Medicine (IOM) report released on February 3rd, 2016...