NYSCF Lab Director Joins International Group to Find Alzheimer’s Cure
Dr. Scott Noggle, Director of the NYSCF Lab and the NYSCF – Charles Evans Senior Research Fellow for Alzheimer's Disease, and his research team are collaborating...
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NYSCF Researcher Brings Us Closer to Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease
NYSCF scientist Mike Nestor, PhD, with a team of fellow NYSCF researchers developed a new technique that enables scientists to better image living neurons made from...
Seventh Annual Gala and Science Fair
On October 9, 2012, the Seventh Annual New York Stem Cell Foundation Gala honored Stem Cell Heroes Seun Adebiyi, Bonnie Pfeifer Evans, and Alice Shure.
NYSCF Research Contributes to British Public’s Endorsement of Technique to Prevent Mitochondrial Disease
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised the British government on an advanced form of IVF that prevents mitochondrial disease in eggs or embryos,...
NYSCF Research Contributes to British Public’s Endorsement of Technique to Prevent Mitochondrial Disease
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised the British government on an advanced form of IVF that prevents mitochondrial disease in eggs or embryos,...
For a Smarter Mouse, Add Astrocytes
They’re not just support cells, astrocytes play an important role in memory and learning according to a new Cell Stem Cell study. Steven Goldman and colleagues...
An iPSC First: Cell Therapy to Treat Parkinsonian Monkeys
Moving toward personalized therapies, researchers report the successful, matched transplantation of autologous rhesus monkey induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells back into the brain. These genetically engineered...
Susan L. Solomon Pens Entry for Philanthropy New York’s Blog
They may claim only 15% of New York's non-governmental workforce, yet non-profits play an outsized role in driving innovation. The "new non-profit" model spurrs economic growth,...
NYSCF Investigator and Pioneering Neuroscientist Awarded Brain Prize
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Ed Boyden, PhD, and Benesse Career Development Professor and associate professor of biological engineering and brain and cognitive sciences at MIT was...
NYSCF CEO Named to “Top 50 Stem Cell Influencers” List
Ranking in at number 42, NYSCF CEO Susan L. Solomon has been recognized by Total BioPharma as one of the "Top 50 Stem Cell Influencers." The international...
NYSCF Investigator and Pioneering Neuroscientist Awarded Brain Prize
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Ed Boyden, PhD, and Benesse Career Development Professor and associate professor of biological engineering and brain and cognitive sciences at MIT was...
Flexible Needle for Potential Cell Therapies
As stem cell research gets closer to the clinic, the delivery of cell therapies lags behind. To transplant stem cell-derived treatments a flexible and precise tool...
Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Technology Treat Rare Disease in Mice
Combining advances in gene therapy and stem cell technology, researchers report a potential treatment for a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a fatal genetic...
NYSCF Went to Austin for SXSW!
Everything is bigger in Texas, which is why NYSCF brought its big ideas to accelerate cures through stem cell research to Austin. Selected to present...
NYSCF Scientists Lead Rare Disease Investigations
To address the unmet needs of patients, NYSCF researchers have been at the forefront of rare disease research. Scientists at the NYSCF Research Institute, our Fellows,...
In TED U Talk, NYSCF Lab Director Dr. Scott Noggle Explains How to “Reanimate” Dead Cells
Only an autopsy can definitively confirm that a patient had Alzheimer’s disease. Additionally, no preventative therapies or cures are approved to treat this highly prevalent degenerative...
In Japan, iPS Cell Therapy Fast-Tracked to Clinic
Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are slated to enter a clinical study in Japan for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration. Massayo Takahashi, an opthamologist at...
Liver Stem Cells Identified, Have Therapeutic Effect in Mice
For the first time, researchers led by Hans Clevers and Markus Grompe have successfully identified liver stem cells from a mouse. Reported in Nature, the team...
NYSTEM Features NYSCF Research to Prevent Mitochondrial Diseases
A recent breakthrough by NYSCF scientists to prevent the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases in children is featured on the New York State Stem Cell Program’s (NYSTEM)...
US Government to Back Brain Mapping Project
Every dollar invested in the Human Genome Project returned $140 to the US economy. Now, President Obama will unveil a similar, ambitious plan to map the...
NYSCF Investigators Link Epigenetic Changes to Disease
Blood and immune stem cells, as they age, lose some to all of their function, which increases our predisposition to devastating diseases like leukemia. NYSCF –...
Non-Profits Diversify, Innovate New York’s Economy
NYSCF hosted a paneled discussion, The New Nonprofit: Driving Economic Development in NYC, on how non-profit organizations impact and drive growth in New York’s economy. Darren...
Stem Cells Provide Insight into ALS
Subtle yet important, the interactions between motor neurons with neighboring cell types contribute to the pathologies of ALS (or Lou Gehrig’s disease), specifically motor neuron death....
Skin Cells Directly Converted to Neurons
It just takes the repression of one protein to directly transdifferentiate skin cells into functional neurons according to a new study in Cell. Xiang-Dong Fu with...
Skin Cells Transformed to Repair Multiple Sclerosis Damage
Multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease in which immune cells attack the fatty protective layer of myelin cells, may have a potential treatment. Through stem cell techniques,...