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...
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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,...
Pinpointed Taste Receptor Stem Cells Could Help Treat Sense Loss
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....
Fat to Fight Obesity: Stem Cell Study Shows How
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...
2013 Fellowship Applications
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...
3D Printer Deposits Stem Cells
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...
Hormone Prevents Stem Cell Death Following Lethal Radiation Dose
Radiation exposure often triggers cell death in hematopoetic, or blood-forming, stem cells. A study in Nature Medicine shows that the addition of a hormone following exposure could...
Cell Therapy Treats Gastrointestinal Disorder in Mice
A team led by Heather Young and John Furness has demonstrated a possible cell therapy to treat gastrointestinal motility disorders like Hirschsprung disease. For patients with...
Tuberculosis, a “Wolf-in-Stem-Cell-Clothing”
Under the cover of a mesenchymal stem cell, the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium persists, even years after living asymptomatically. A new study in Science Translational Medicine provides...
Scientists Create First “Disease in a Dish Model” of Rare Heart Condition
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cadiomyopathy is a rare, inherited, and currently untreatable condition, which is a common cause of sudden death in adolescents. Researchers led by Daniel...
Researchers Develop Test to Pinpoint Transition in Degenerative Eye Disease
Approximately 20% of patients diagnosed with dry age-related macular degeneration develop the wet form, which leads to irreversible eye damage and eventual blindness. While the dry...
Allogenic Stem Cells Help Rats Recover from Stroke
Rats, immediately following an induced ischemic stroke, fared better when injected with allogenic mesenchymal stem cells than a placebo. While there was no evidence of stem...
Japanese Researchers Derive Kidney Tissue from Stem Cells
Japanese researchers led by Kenji Osafune report the successful generation of mesoderm kidney tissue from induced pluripotent stem cells. This particular tissue type—between a stem and...
New Research From NYSCF Investigator Could Treat ALS
Paola Arlotta, a NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator, has reported in Nature Cell Biology the possibility to reprogram one type of neuron into another in...