NYSCF Innovators Derive Microglia From Stem Cells
Your body is full of immune cells that fight off infection and illness. You’ve probably heard of a few of them: white blood cells, B cells,...
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NYSCF Innovator Describes Potential Cell Replacement Strategy for Parkinson’s Disease
The traditional cell replacement therapy model relies on manufacturing the relevant cell type in the lab and injecting or replacing these cells into the patient, curing...
NYSCF Innovator Shows Nerve Cells Resist Transforming Into Other Cell Types
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Alumnus and NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize recipient Dr. Marius Wernig of Stanford University published exciting results showing that nerve...
NYSCF Announces the Six Members of the 2016 Class of NYSCF – Robertson Investigators
NYSCF announced the 2016 class of NYSCF – Robertson Investigators, welcoming six of the most talented stem cell researchers and neuroscientists from around the world into...
NYSCF Research Institute Teams Up With National Stem Cell Foundation to Advance Neurodegeneration Research
The National Stem Cell Foundation (NSCF) and the NYSCF Research Institute announced that a grant from NSCF will be used to fund NYSCF research on cell...
NYSCF Research Institute and Yumanity Therapeutics Announce Discovery Collaboration
The NYSCF Research Institute announced a new collaboration with Yumanity Therapeutics, a company focused on transforming drug discovery for diseases caused by protein misfiling, to generate...
NYSCF Congratulates Dr. Lorenz Studer on Being Named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow
The MacArthur Foundation named Dr. Lorenz Studer a 2015 MacArthur Fellow. A Founding member of NYSCF’s Medical Advisory Board, Dr. Studer served on inaugural juries of...
NYSCF Parkinson’s Disease Research Featured in Nautilus
An article describing NYSCF’s Parkinson’s disease research featuring Jack and Jeff Gernsheimer, a set of identical twins, only one of whom has Parkinson’s disease, was published...
Scientists Create Parkinson’s Disease in a Dish
NYSCF scientists, in collaboration with others, successfully created a human cell model of sporadic Parkinson’s disease in a dish. The scientists had the unique opportunity to study...
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Alumnus Breaks New Ground in Parkinson’s
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Alumnus Dr. Ian Martin published his latest research on a protein that mediates a gene connected to the neurodegenerative effects seen in...
New York Stem Cell Foundation Announces Partnership with Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative
At NYSCF’s Eighth Annual Translational Stem Cell Research Conference, the CEO of the New York Stem Cell Foundation, Susan Solomon, and the CEO of The Michael...
Induced Pluripotent Cells Model Parkinson’s Neurons; Reveals New Mechanism of Disease
Published in Nature, a new study reveals a previously unknown mechanism of Parkinson’s disease. Lead author Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte and fellow researchers generated induced pluripotent stem...
Winter Research Update
Four NYSCF-supported researchers published exciting new research in major scientific journals this fall. In the November 6th issue of Nature, Jae-won Shim, PhD, a NYSCF –...
TIME Magazine Names New York Stem Cell Foundation Research #1 Medical Breakthrough of 2011
Discovery Hailed As Step Toward Patient-Specific Treatments for Diabetes, Other Degenerative Diseases NEW YORK, NY (December 9, 2011) – TIME magazine has designated research conducted in the...
NYSCF and Harvard Stem Cell Institute to Collaborate on Drug Discovery
New York Stem Cell Foundation, Harvard Stem Cell Institute Announce Joint Effort to Accelerate Drug Discovery NEW YORK, N.Y. (Nov. 17, 2011) — The New York...
NYSCF Announces New NYSCF – Golub Stem Cell Initiative for Parkinson’s Disease
The New York Stem Cell Foundation has received a half million dollar gift from the Golub family to launch the NYSCF – Golub Stem Cell Initiative...
The Wall Street Journal – Couple Aids Parkinson’s Research
Lawrence E. Golub is at heart a frustrated scientist. The 51-year-old president of Golub Capital, a New York-based private investment firm, has a background in medicine...
Parkinson’s Disease: How Stem Cell Research Will Make a Difference
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) held its sixth annual spring public outreach event to bring together leading stem cell scientists with patient advocates to...
NYSCF Laboratory Director Scott Noggle Named to Crain’s New York 40 Under 40!
NYSCF is proud to congratulate Dr. Scott Noggle, Director of the NYSCF Laboratory, on his selection as a Crain’s New York Business 40 Under 40 rising...
NYSCF Lab Director Scott Noggle Named to Crain’s New York 40 Under 40!
NYSCF is proud to congratulate Dr. Scott Noggle, Director of the NYSCF Laboratory, on his selection as a Crain’s New York Business 40 Under 40 rising...
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...
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...
NYSCF Panel Discussion at the 92nd Street Y
The New York Stem Cell Foundation and the 92nd Street Y presented a panel discussion entitled: Stem Cell Research: The Way Forward.
NYSCF Fellow to present at International Conference
Christopher Fasano, a NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow, has been selected to present a talk at the upcoming International Society for Stem Cell Research Conference.
Converting Cells Shows Promise for Parkinson’s
The New York Times “In a striking instance of biologists’ new prowess at manipulating human cells, researchers at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Mass., have converted...