An eye to treating blindness
Nature, News & Views “Work on stem cells is one of the hottest research areas in biology. But are such studies of any therapeutic value? Fortunately,...
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Nobelist Paul Nurse to Pilot Royal Society, London Superlab
Science, News of the Week “New York City, New York — In the late 1980s, working on yeast genetics experiments that would lead to a Nobel...
NYSCF — Robertson Stem Cell Prize
The NYSCF − Robertson Stem Cell Prize has been awarded annually since 2011 to an outstanding young stem cell scientist in recognition of significant and path...
Stem Cell Investigator Awards
The 2017 NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Award RFA is now open. Applications are due February 22, 2017. NYSCF is soliciting applications from early career investigators for...
NYSCF and CIRM form Collaboration
The New York Stem Cell Foundation and The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine have laid the foundation for a stem cell research collaboration in a joint...
NYSCF Awards Fellowships to Eight Innovative Stem Cell Scientists
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) today announced the award of eight new NYSCF-Druckenmiller Fellows. These postdoctoral scientists join 15 accomplished stem cell researchers from...
The Wall Street Journal – Hedge-Fund Founder Bolsters Stem-Cell Research With $27 Million Gift
Advocates of stem-cell research say they were long waiting for someone like Julian Robertson, who founded one of the earliest hedge funds in Tiger Management Corp....
Robertson Foundation gives NYSCF $27M to fund Stem Cell Researchers
The New York Stem Cell Foundation received $27 million from the Robertson Foundation. The Robertson Foundation gift, in addition to other support, will provide funding for NYSCF...
Susan Solomon on NBC with Chuck Scarborough
Susan Solomon, Co-founder and CEO of The New York Stem Cell Foundation, joined Chuck Scarborough to discuss the efforts to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease...
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...
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 »