A Surprising New Solution For Low Oxygen: Breathing Through the Rectum
The Problem: Patients suffering from lung failure are often put on ventilators, but as we have seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, these tools aren’t always readily...
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New Cell Type Identified With Major Role In Cystic Fibrosis
Over 70,000 people around the world are living with cystic fibrosis—a genetic disease that causes a thick buildup of mucus in the lungs, leading to persistent...
Researchers Find Stomach Cells In Lung Tumors
Researchers have found gut cells in an unlikely spot: lung tumors. A new study from NYSCF Innovator Jay Rajagopal, MD, and colleagues at Harvard University and...
NYSCF Innovator Receives ISSCR Young Investigator Award
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Jayaraj Rajagopal, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, was named as the 2017 ISSCR Dr. Susan Lim Outstanding...
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Researches How to Help Lungs Repair Themselves
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Zhongwei Cao, PhD, conducts research that may yield breakthrough treatments for lung injury. Dr. Cao, Weill Cornell Medical College, focuses on experiments...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Studies Airway Regeneration
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Jayaraj Rajagopal, Massachusetts General Hospital, published his latest research on stem cell response in injury repair in Cell Stem...
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Takes First Step Towards Lung Regeneration
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Alumnus Dr. Bi-Sen Ding, of Weill Cornell Medical College, published in Nature Cell Biology on his latest work studying lung tissue regeneration....
NYSCF Alumnus and Team Generate Functional Lung Cells from iPS Cells
For the first time, a team of scientists at Columbia University Medical Center, including NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow alumnus Sarah Huang, MD, PhD, MPH, has successfully...
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...