Growing Tiny Arteries to Fix Big Heart Problems
The Context: When a major heart artery is blocked, the oxygen-starved areas of the heart are kept healthy by smaller arteries called collateral arteries. Some people...
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NYSCF Research Institute and Columbia University Researchers Use Patient-Specific Stem Cells to Identify Treatment for Diabetes
In a first for the field, NYSCF scientists with Columbia University’s Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center researchers have generated patient-specific beta cells, or insulin-producing cells, that accurately...
NYSCF Research Institute and Columbia University Researchers Use Patient-Specific Stem Cells to Identify Treatment for Diabetes
In a first for the field, NYSCF scientists with Columbia University's Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center researchers have generated patient-specific beta cells, or insulin-producing cells, that accurately...
New Method Directly Converts Heart Muscle to Pacemaker Cells
The expression of a single gene can directly convert heart muscle cells to cardiac pacemaker cells (i.e. SAN cells) both in an animal and a dish....
Highlights of Stem Cell Research: Mending Broken Hearts
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) held its seventh annual spring public outreach event to bring together global experts on heart disease, bioethics, and stem...
Interview with NYSCF-Druckenmiller Fellow, Daylon James
NYSCF-Druckenmiler Fellow, Dr. Daylon James, had his research on endothelial differentiation and expansion published in Nature Biotechnology on January 17th. In this interview, Dr. James talks...