In Nature, Alcohol By-Product Shown to Destroy Blood Stem Cells
Published in Nature, a study led by KJ Patel has revealed how alcohol can damage hematopoietic (or blood) stem cells. When mice lacked an enzyme that...
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University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children Create Lung Cells with Stem Cells
Researchers led by Janet Rossant at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children have reprogrammed cystic fibrosis patients’ skin samples into induced pluripotent...
U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Ruling to Allow Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
After a three-year legal battle, US Court of Appeals has upheld the District Court’s decision that permits federal funding of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research....
Dieter Egli and Alex Meissner co-author SCNT Paper in Nature Genetics
Dieter Egli, PhD, a NYSCF Senior Research Fellow, is co-author on a paper published in the August 19th edition of Nature Genetics, a study conducted in...
FDA Approves a Novel Clinical Trial to Use Stem Cells for Autism Treatment
The FDA has approved the first clinical trial to determine the safety and efficacy of cord blood stem cells in the treatment of autism. The study,...
NYSCF Scientists Develop iPS Cell Model of Alzheimer’s Disease, A Key Step to Understanding Disease
At the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference this past July, Andrew Sproul, PhD, a NYSCF Postdoctoral Associate, presented NYSCF’s latest efforts to understand Alzheimer’s disease. They have...
Dieter Egli Contributes to Study that Provides Evidence of iPS Cell Transplantation Efficacy for Vision Regeneration
Dieter Egli, a NYSCF Senior Research Fellow, contributed to a study published in Molecular Medicine that provides direct evidence of sight-loss recovery using induced pluripotent stem...
Shinya Yamanaka to Create Bank of Stem Cell Lines from Japanese Umbilical Cord Blood
Last month, Shinya Yamanaka obtained approval from the Japanese health-ministry committee to create stem cell lines from fetal umbilical-cord blood (UCB) samples. This is a formative...
Three Studies Confirm the Presence of Cancer Stem Cells
A paradigm shift may be underway: three separate studies have confirmed the presence of cancer stem cells that drive tumor growth. The studies’ findings, published in...
Dung-Fang Lee Discovers Signaling Pathway in Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Pluripotency
Dung-Fang Lee, PhD, a NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Alumnus at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, has published a new study in the August edition of Cell...
NYSCF Scientists Featured at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference For New Alzheimer’s Disease Model
A team of scientists at The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Laboratory led by Scott Noggle, PhD, NYSCF–Charles Evans Senior Research Fellow for Alzheimer’s Disease,...
Announced at TEDGlobal 2012: A novel array for stem cell research
“We have something that will radically save the pharmaceutical industry,” says Susan Solomon in an interview on the social floor of TEDGlobal 2012, in Edinburgh, Scotland....
Monica Zhou Publishes Analysis of Human Cord Blood Applications in Cell Therapy
In the June issue of Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, Monica Zhou, PhD, published a paper assessing the current and potential applications for human umbilical cord...
Susan Solomon Presents at TEDGlobal
Susan Solomon, CEO of The New York Stem Cell Foundation, presented on Wednesday June 27 at TEDGlobal in Edinburgh, Scotland. The international wing of the famed...
Linus Torvalds Splits Tech’s ‘Nobel’ With Stem Cell Pioneer
Linux creator Linus Torvalds and stem cell pioneer Shinya Yamanaka are joint recipients of the 2012 prize, an honor that some call the tech equivalent of...
NYSCF Profiled in Crain’s As A Leader in Stem Cell Research
The New York Stem Cell Foundation was profiled in the most recent issue of Crain's New York Business as a major player in the field of...
Susan Solomon Profiled in Stem Cells Translational Medicine Journal
NYSCF CEO Susan L. Solomon was profiled in the April 2012 issue of Stem Cells Translational Medicine. In the profile, Ms. Solomon discussed the singular vision...
New York Stem Cell Foundation Day at Citi Field
Come watch the New York Mets take on the Atlanta Braves and support NYSCF’s Mission. Tickets are $35 and 20% of the proceeds go to help...
New York Stem Cell Foundation Scientist Grows Bone From Human Embryonic Stem Cells
NEW YORK, NY (May 14, 2012) — Dr. Darja Marolt, an Investigator at The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Laboratory, is lead author on a...
Ting Chen Discovers Transcription Factor Governing Cell Growth
Ting Chen, PhD, a NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellowship Alumna at The Rockefeller University, has published work in the April issue of Nature that sheds new light on...
NYSCF Research Highlighted in President Obama’s Bioeconomy Blueprint
The White House Office of Science and Technology yesterday announced its National Bioeconomy Blueprint, President Obama’s initiative to strengthen bioscientific research in order to drive economic...
Highlights of Stem Cell Research: Mending Broken Hearts
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) held its seventh annual spring public outreach event to bring together global experts on heart disease, bioethics, and stem...
2012 Neuroscience Investigator Applications
Please use this page to view the 2012 Neuroscience Investigator Award Applications and use the form at the bottom of the page to enter your scores. Tier 1...
Marius Wernig Reports Advance in Creating Neural Stem Cells
Marius Wernig, MD, a NYSCF – Robertson Investigator at Stanford University, released an update to previously published work confirming that mouse skin cells can bypass the...
Chutima Talchai Publishes Her Diabetes Research in Nature Genetics
Chutima Talchai, PhD, a NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow at Columbia University, published work in the March 11th issue of Nature Genetics showing that functional insulin-producing cells...