Human stem-cell-derived astrocytes can be triggered to become toxic to neurons, opening the door for new understanding and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Featured image credit: Christina...
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Alumna and Salk Institute Professor Kay Tye, PhD, recently delivered a TED Talk on her pioneering work to illuminate how circuits...
The International Space Station (ISS) houses more than astronauts: the football-field-sized spacecraft is also home to a large range of research projects carried out in the...
The Context: Studying brain development can be difficult since scientists cannot easily access developing brain tissue. Creating models of human brain development from stem cells allows...
Research teams will use stem cell and gene editing technologies to advance NK cell-based therapies for cancer New York, New York (January 9, 2020) – The...
When Ariya Panwala was born, she was a happy, squirmy baby — but after a few months, her parents noticed she wasn’t advancing as expected. Her...
The Context: NRXN1 is a gene that is broadly implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, and epilepsy; however, the ways in which...
The Context: Alcohol use disorders affect roughly 15 million Americans, but why some people are more susceptible to compulsive drinking than others is not well understood....
In 2006, Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, made a discovery that revolutionized biomedical research and earned him a Nobel Prize. His lab found that stem cells, the...
The Context: Pelizaeus – Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a rare neurological condition typically diagnosed in infancy which often becomes fatal by a patient’s teenage years. While...
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Alumna and Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Associate Professor Vanessa Ruta, PhD, of The Rockefeller University has been named...
The Context: Schizophrenia has a strong genetic component. Scientists have discovered many genetic variants that may play a role in its onset, but each individual variant...
On Thursday evening, SpaceX cargo flight CRS-18 took off from Cape Canaveral, bound for the International Space Station (ISS). Aboard for the 250-mile journey were brain...
The Context: To survive, animals learn from their surroundings. Forming associations with sights, sounds, and smells helps create a bank of information and behaviors that can...
The Context: When humans talk to each other, there is a correlation in our brain activity—in some areas, it syncs up. But human studies have been...
The NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellowship Program supports the most talented postdoctoral scientists at critical junctures in their careers who are in the pursuit of innovative and...
The Context: It is estimated that 15 million babies are born prematurely each year, and a common premature birth complication is low oxygen levels. We know...
The Context: The brain has “thirst neurons” that help us know when we need water and when we don’t. But how these neurons receive information from...
Building a strong community of researchers committed to advancing cutting-edge science is critical for getting treatments and cures to patients as quickly as possible. Because of...
“At the current rate of therapeutic development for rare diseases, it will be 2000 years before doctors won’t have to say to patients, ‘There’s nothing more...
The Context: The brain activity that enables the rapid back-and-forth of human conversation is likely disrupted in diseases or disorders that interfere with normal communication such...
Last week, thousands of researchers and thought leaders gathered at the annual Phacilitate Leaders World and World Stem Cell Summit in Miami to discuss recent advancements...
What they did: A team of researchers from Stanford University led by NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator and Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery, and Perioperative and...
It was announced last week that three NYSCF – Robertson Investigators have been named Ben Barres Early Career Investigators by the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). This Early Career...
An epilepsy drug, initially tested using a stem cell model of ALS developed with NYSCF support, has successfully reduced motor neuron excitability (a hallmark of the...
