Retracing How Our Brains Develop After Birth
The Problem: Brain organoids, 3D models of brain tissue created from stem cells, have recently become very useful for studying brain development and disease. While they...
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Hair Falling Out From Stress? Resting Stem Cells Point to Why
The Problem: We’ve all heard of – or experienced – hair loss due to stress. But the reasons behind this phenomenon have been unexplored. The Study:...
Giuseppe Maria de Peppo Shares Advancements In Bone and Tissue Engineering Alongside Leading Experts
With more than 6 million bone fractures occurring in the United States each year and more than 200 million people worldwide suffering from osteoporosis, we are...
Vaccines, Variants, and Immunity: Deepta Bhattacharya Answers Your Questions About COVID-19
Watch the Fireside Chat video and read the summary below. We are in something of a race between COVID-19 vaccines and emerging virus variants, and many questions still...
Envisioning a Brighter Future for Macular Degeneration Patients: Experts Unpack the Path to a Cell Therapy
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision loss, and those over the age of 75 have a nearly 30% risk of being affected....
Valentina Greco Shares Her Advice for Promoting Gender Equity in STEM
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Alumna Valentina Greco, PhD, knows that advancing women in science is imperative for ensuring that the field thrives, and sadly,...
A Cell Therapy in Development at NYSCF Could Give AMD Patients Their Sight Back
For patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a cell therapy in development at the NYSCF Research Institute could provide what sounds like a miracle: the restoration...
NYSCF Advances Toward a Cell Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) today announced that they are developing a stem cell therapy to treat patients suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD)....
Parents Lead the Push for Rare Disease Cures
A rare disease diagnosis for a loved one can be devastating. The majority of rare diseases are pediatric, meaning they affect children from birth or early...
Black Leaders in Biomedicine: The Brilliant Scientists in our Past and Present
A diverse scientific community is essential to create and advance the biomedical breakthroughs that are so urgently needed in our complex and evolving world. In this...
Rare Diseases Aren’t That Rare, But Stem Cells Could Help Make Them So
Rare diseases are anything but rare – with more than 7,000 uniquely identified, they cumulatively affect more than 300 million patients worldwide. The majority of these...
Marissa Scavuzzo Receives Coveted Hannah H. Gray Fellowship Award from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
We are pleased to announce that Marissa Scavuzzo, PhD, a 2019 NYSCF–Druckenmiller Fellow, is a recipient of the Hanna H. Gray fellowship award. The Howard Hughes...
Nanoengineering Opens the Door For Better Bone Transplants
The Context: Human bone requires a certain environment within the body to grow, and recreating this environment outside of the body has enormous potential for understanding...
A Clearer Window Into Disease: Meet the Opera Phenix Microscope
At the root of every major disease of our time is the simple question: what is going wrong with our cells? Once scientists know exactly how...
How Do We End the Pandemic? Experts Discuss the Path Forward.
There is finally a light at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic tunnel, thanks to a historic vaccine development effort. What will it take to bring...
NYSCF Research Institute Named One of Four New Biotech R&D Facilities by NYC
The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) announced an investment in four new biotech research and development facilities, including the NYSCF Research Institute. This grant...
COVID-19 Vaccines Are Finally Here: Experts Discuss How to Distribute Them Efficiently and Ethically
After a long 10 months, COVID-19 vaccines are finally here. The next obstacle? Determining how to distribute them efficiently, ethically, and economically. Last week, experts in...
Creating a Human Nerve Circuit in a Dish to Study Movement Disorders
The Context: Neuromuscular disorders such as ALS arise from degeneration of brain cells that send signals to the muscles, and there are no treatments that address...
Moderna Founder Derrick Rossi Explains How mRNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccines Work and Why They Should Make You Hopeful for 2021
Watch the Fireside Chat video and read the summary below. After a historic research effort, COVID-19 vaccines are already here. Several of these vaccines, including the...
A New Method for Predicting How Prosthetic Implants Will Behave in the Human Body
The Context: Prosthetic implants are regularly used in dentistry and orthopedics, and there are an estimated 2 million Americans living with limb loss today. Most prosthetic...
How Octopuses Taste by Touch
The Context: Scientists have long known that octopuses are able to taste what they touch with their tentacles, but the way their tentacles sense taste has...
A New Prenatal Driver of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
The Context: The choroid plexus is a brain structure that makes cerebrospinal fluid (CSF): liquid that bathes the brain and spinal cord to form a protective...
2020 Year in Review
2020 has been a year like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented the world with unparalleled challenges and has highlighted the need for pioneering biomedical...
Experts Discuss the Path Toward Overcoming Racial Health Disparities
Racial and ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected by virtually every major disease of our time, and this gap has only been exacerbated by COVID-19. This year,...