NYSCF Awards $10.5 Million to Seven NYSCF – Robertson Investigators
The New York Stem Cell Foundation named seven of the most promising scientists in the world as its 2013 NYSCF – Robertson Investigators. Each Investigator will receive a...
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Eighth Annual Gala and Science Fair
The Eighth Annual New York Stem Cell Foundation Gala began with an inside look at the NYSCF laboratory at the annual NYSCF Science Fair, designed by...
CEO Susan L. Solomon Discusses ‘Decoding Annie Parker’ and Personalized Medicine
On October 11th, NYSCF CEO and Co-founder Susan L. Solomon participated on a panel at the Hamptons international Film Festival discussing 'Decoding Annie Parker,' a film...
NYSCF Scientist Discusses Curing Mitochondrial Diseases With NPR
NYSCF Scientist Dieter Egli, PhD, spoke about his work on curing mitochondrial disease with NPR on October 9th. He discussed the scientific techniques he and his...
Cardiac Research and Repair
Stem Cell research has unprecedented potential to improve treatment for and ultimately preventing heart disease due to the unique capability of stem cells for self-renewal, differentiation...
CEO Susan L. Solomon Joins Board of CCRM
NYSCF is working towards discovering and moving successful stem cell therapeutics to the clinic. CEO and co-founder Susan L. Solomon will bring her expertise and drive...
NYSCF VP Participates in Webinar for The Scientist
NYSCF Vice President of research and development, Stephen Chang, PhD, participated on a panel exploring stem cell research and the potential induced pluripotent cells hold for...
NYSCF Scientist Speaks at ISSCR Regional Forum
NYSCF Scientist Dieter Egli, PhD, spoke about cell fate control, specifically with regard to his work on genome exchange in human oocytes, at the International Society...
NYSCF Collaborates on Large Scale Alzheimer’s Research Program with Mount Sinai
Announced today, NYSCF will be the lead stem cell partner in an Alzheimer's consortia with scientists at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and other...
NYSCF Becomes a Member of the New York Genome Center
Announced today, the New York Stem Cell Foundation is now an associate member of the New York Genome Center (NYGC) joining NYGC’s growing consortium of 16...
Susan Solomon Interviewed for NYC Tech Connect
NYSCF CEO Susan Solomon recently sat down with NYC Tech Connect Blogger Howard Johnson to talk about NYSCF's mission, research model, how NYSCF fits within the...
NYSCF Scientists Publish Review on Stem Cell Use in Tissue Engineering
NYSCF researchers Dr. Giuseppe Maria de Peppo and Dr. Darja Marolt published a review article in Stem Cell Research & Therapy on how modifying the human iPS cell...
Stem Cell Therapy Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis Approved by FDA for Stage I Clinical Trial
In an exciting new development, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new stem cell-derived treatment for a phase I clinical trial in the...
Stem Cells Mimic The Human Brain
In an large step forward for neuroscience research around the globe, scientists at Institute of Molecular Biotechnology at the Austrian Academy of Science in Vienna created...
NYSCF — Robertson Stem Cell investigator Charts DNA
Only a small portion of genes is active in a cell at any one time. Special molecules, known as methyl markers, help regulate certain genes, playing...
New York Social Diary Profiles NYSCF CEO Susan L. Solomon
David Patrick Columbia sat down with Susan L. Solomon, CEO of NYSCF, to talk about Solomon's journey to founding NYSCF, one of the most advanced stem...
2013 Summer Cocktail Reception Hosted by Alexanders
On July 19, NYSCF Board member Margo Alexander and her husband Bob Alexander opened their home to the most advanced stem cell science, hosting NYSCF's Annual...
Japan Grants Final Approval for iPS Clinical Trial to Treat Blindness
Japan's regulatory body has given final go-ahead for the first-ever clinical trial testing patient-derived stem cells to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a common form of...
Adult Cells “Drink” Chemical Cocktail, Become Stem Cells
In 2005, Dr. Shinya Yamanak reported that the addition of four genes could "turn back the clock" on adult cells to become embryonic-like stem cells, known...
Stem Cells Self-Assemble into Functioning, Miniature Livers
Stem cell-derived liver cells, cultured in a Petri dish alongside blood and connective tissue, spontaneously assembled into a human liver bud, closely resembling a five to...
Nails Essential to Limb Re-growth
Crossing from science fiction to science, new findings in Nature pave the way for limb regeneration. Researchers led by Mayumi Ito of New York University have isolated...
Canary’s New Songs Help Researchers Identify Huntington’s Therapy
Learning new songs tipped researchers off to the unique ability of canaries to add new brain cells. Now, based on these findings, researchers have learned how...
In the WSJ, “Sitting on the Intersection of the Arts and Sciences”
"The arts and sciences usually exist in two separate worlds, but on Thursday evening The New York Stem Cell Foundation united the two at its first...
NYSCF CEO Writes Letter to the Editor of the New York Times
On June 19, the New York Times ran an article on all too common situation in drug research and development: an experimental drug that had a...
NYSCF Research Institute and Columbia University Researchers Use Patient-Specific Stem Cells to Identify Treatment for Diabetes
In a first for the field, NYSCF scientists with Columbia University’s Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center researchers have generated patient-specific beta cells, or insulin-producing cells, that accurately...