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,...
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...
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...
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 – Robertson Investigator Ed Boyden, PhD, and Benesse Career Development Professor and associate professor of biological engineering and brain and cognitive sciences at MIT was...
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 – Robertson Investigator Ed Boyden, PhD, and Benesse Career Development Professor and associate professor of biological engineering and brain and cognitive sciences at MIT was...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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 –...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
Taste receptor cells have a quick turnover rate. Every 10-16 days, new cells replace the old; yet, pinpointing the replenishing stem cell source has eluded researchers....
Brown fat, commonly thought as long-term energy source for hibernating animals, also plays an important role in blood sugar regulation and day-to-day metabolism. Previous studies have...
Please review all 17 applications in advance of the meeting, and come prepared to serve as the primary and secondary reviewer for the applications specifically assigned...
A new 3D printer technology deposits human embryonic stem cells in droplets. Building on 3D printer technology, this new platform can eject these fragile cells, which...
