Gene Linked to OCD Identified
Time Scientists at Cornell Weill Medical Center, while studying the role of a gene in the development of stem cells that become blood cells, found that...
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NYSCF and Johns Hopkins University Announce Collaboration
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and NYSCF are establishing a collaborative program to advance the development and use of stem cells in therapies for...
NYSCF Fellow Lead Author on Study That Derives Floor Plate Tissue From Embryonic Stem Cells
NYSCF Fellow Dr. Christopher Fasano and colleagues at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center used human embryonic stem cells to derive floor plate tissue, an important signaling...
Gene flaw found in induced stem cells
Nature, News “Stem-cell researchers have puzzled over why reprogrammed cells taken from adult tissues are often slower to divide and much less robust than their embryo-derived...
Interview with NYSCF Fellow Chris Fasano
NYSCF Fellow Dr. Christopher Fasano recently published a paper in which he was able to create floor plate tissue from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). This...
NYSCF-Druckenmiller Fellow Gabsang Lee on Cover of Nature Protocols
NYSCF-Druckenmiller Fellow Gabsang Lee’s protocol, Derivation of neural crest cells from human pluripotent stem cells, was chosen for the cover of Nature Protocols. Read about his...
Israeli advance in stem cell tech
Jerusalem Post “A new technology developed at Hadassah University Medical Center has made it possible to produce large amounts of human embryonic stem cells for industry...
Replacement Bones, Grown to Order in the Lab
NY Times, Novelties “If a lover breaks your heart, tissue engineers can’t fix it. But if sticks and stones break your bones, scientists may be able...
Stem Cell Cures Any Closer?
CBS News “Twelve years after the discovery of the human embryonic stem cell, research is finally picking up steam.” Read More »
Embryonic stem cell research stalled despite Obama’s try at lifting restrictions
Washington Post “One year after President Obama announced he was lifting his predecessor’s controversial restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research, some scientists...
The Human Egg Is Back
Cell Stem Cell “In a recent issue of Nature, Tachibana et al. (2009) conducted chromosomal transfer into recipient primate oocytes to yield live offspring or monkey...
Crossing Boundaries: Direct Programming of Fibroblasts into Neurons
Cell Stem Cell, Previews “In a recent paper in Nature, Vierbuchen et al. (2010) show that fibroblasts can be directly convereted into functional neurons by defined...
Reprogrammed Cells Come Up Short, for Now
Science, News of the Week “Stem cell research offers an ever-shifting battlefield, with vested interests and biologists squabbling over the political, ethical, and scientific merits of...
Cell reprogramming gets direct
Nature, News & Views “In a feat of biological wizardry, one type of differentiated cell has been directly converted into another, completely distinct type. Notably, the...
NIH Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Gamete Donors
Science, Policy Forum “Recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines regarding human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines created from embryos remaining after infertility treatment are expected...
Making the Paper
Nature “Two independent projects in different countries with very different subjects came to the same conclusion at around the same time.” Read More »
Mitochondrial damage control
Nature, News & Views “Defects in mitochondria are implicated in Parkinson’s disease. Study of a quality-control pathway involving the proteins PINK1 and Parkin provides further clues...
Big roles for small RNAs
Nature, News & Views “Embryonic stem cells can create copies of themselves, but can also mature into almost any type of cell in the body. Tiny...
Coexistence of Quiescent and Active Adult Stem Cells in Mammals
Science, Review “Adult stem cells are crucial for physiological tissue renewal and regeneration after injury.” Read More »
New nerve cells connect
Nature, Research Highlights “Transplanting nerve-cell precursors derived from embryonic stem cells into the brain may be a promising repair strategy, but getting the cells to connect...
Stem-cell line given the nod
Nature, News “US stem-cell researchers had reason to celebrate last week.” Read More »
NYSCF-Druckenmiller Fellow Lead Author on Study That Creates Blood Vessel Cells From Stem Cells
New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF)-Druckenmiller Fellow, Daylon James, PhD, of Weill Cornell Medial College, is lead author on a study defining conditions for generating a...
Interview with NYSCF-Druckenmiller Fellow, Daylon James
NYSCF-Druckenmiler Fellow, Dr. Daylon James, had his research on endothelial differentiation and expansion published in Nature Biotechnology on January 17th. In this interview, Dr. James talks...
A strand apart
Economist.com, Science & Technology “The notion that tumours are chaotic masses of anarchic cells has been falling by the wayside recently.”Read More »
Biologists Develop Efficient Genetic Modification of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
UCSD, Biology News “Biologists have developed an efficient way to genetically modify human embryonic stem cells.” Read More »