Unlocking the Mysteries of How Psoriasis May Spread
The Context: Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin condition whose biological origins remain unclear. Scientists know that severe forms of the disease can spread to other parts...
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The Stem Cell Science You Won’t Want to Miss at The NYSCF Conference
Annually for the past 15 years, the NYSCF Conference has showcased the latest cutting-edge findings in translational stem cell research, gathering world-renowned multi-disciplinary speakers and 500+...
How the Soldiers of the Skin Protect Us from Infection
The Problem: Our skin serves as an important barrier between us and the outside world, preventing a large array of possible infections from harming us. How...
A New Frontier for Understanding Fatty Liver Disease
The Context: Fatty liver diseases such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic stereohepatitis (NASH), and Wolman disease are especially difficult to study and treat due...
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellows Gather in New York to Welcome New Class and Reconnect
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...
NYSCF Scientists Determine Best Material for Creating Bone Grafts from Stem Cells
In a new study published in Tissue Engineering, Part A, NYSCF Research Institute scientists led by NYSCF – Ralph Lauren Senior Principal Investigator Giuseppe Maria de...
What Causes Brain Wrinkles?
Why do our brains have wrinkles? The simple answer is to make them more efficient. Scientists think that as we evolved and our cortexes expanded, our...
NYSCF Innovator Creates System to Mass-Produce Bioengineered Livers
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Takanori Takebe, MD, of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Yokohama City University in Japan, led a study demonstrating a successful system for...
NYSCF Innovator Bioengineers Human Liver Tissue
A big issue surrounding liver transplants is that there aren’t enough livers to go around. Patients can end up on extensive waiting lists, unsure if they’ll...
NYSCF Innovator Develops Mature, Diverse Brain “Organoids”
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Paola Arlotta and a team of researchers at Harvard University developed protocols to create human brain organoids, organ models...
Cutting-Edge Research Highlights The NYSCF Conference
Leaders in stem cell biology and researchers at the forefront of translational medicine convened at the 2016 NYSCF Conference to discuss the latest advances in using...
Researcher Spotlight | Dr. Danny Freytes, NYSCF Principal Investigator
NYSCF sat down with Principal Investigator Dr. Danny Freytes, to talk about his path to bioengineering and stem cell research, and his recent paper in Journal...
NYSCF Scientists Investigate Inflammatory Response After Cardiac Injury
NYSCF Principal Investigator Dr. Danny Freytes led a team of NYSCF scientists at the NYSCF Research Institute in a study investigating the inflammatory response of the...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Studies Pancreatic Development Using Stem Cells
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Shuibing Chen, of Weill Cornell Medical College, and her team studied the development of human pancreatic cells using stem...
NYSCF Bone Engineer Featured in Nature Profile
Nature recently featured a profile on the education, background, and dynamic cross-discipline work of NYSCF Scientist Dr. Giuseppe Maria de Peppo. Dr. de Peppo focuses his...
NYSCF Scientists Publish Review on Stem Cell Use in Tissue Engineering
NYSCF researchers Dr. Giuseppe Maria de Peppo and Dr. Darja Marolt published a review article in Stem Cell Research & Therapy on how modifying the human iPS cell...
NYSCF Research Fellow Publishes Review Article on Bone Engineering
In the June 2013 issue of Current Molecular Medicine, Giuseppe Maria de Peppo, PhD, a NYSCF Research Fellow, co-wrote a review article, assessing the utility of different...
NYSCF Scientists Create Human Bone from Skin Cells
In a step towards personalized bone grafts to treat traumatic injury or congenital defects, a study, led by Darja Marolt, PhD, and Giuseppe Maria de Peppo, PhD, and published in...
Stem Cells Spur Tissue Vascularization
A key challenge facing tissue engineers has been providing tissue with blood flow. Now, a group of scientists at the University of Michigan have identified the...
NYSCF Postdoctoral Fellow Co-Authors Book Chapter on Bone and Tissue Engineering
Giuseppe Maria de Peppo, PhD, a NYSCF Postdoctoral Fellow, recently co-authored a book chapter in the seventh volume of Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells assessing the...
Tissue Engineers Develop Novel Treatment for Necrotizing Enterocolitis
To better treat children suffering from necrotizing enterocolitis, a disorder that results in intestinal tissue death, Dr. Tracy Griksheit and her colleagues at the Saban Research...
Giuseppe de Peppo Publishes Paper on Bone Tissue Formation from Embryonic Stem Cells
In the August 27th edition of Tissue Engineering, Giuseppe de Peppo, PhD, a NYSCF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, published results of a study from his graduate work...