Why Do So Many Embryos Fail in IVF?
The Context: Early human embryos created for IVF (in which an egg is fertilized and grown outside the body before being implanted to begin a pregnancy)...
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Good Memory or Bad Memory? How Your Brain Decides.
The Context: Associating memories with good and bad feelings is something we do daily without a second thought. However, scientists have been working hard to discern...
NYSCF CEO Susan Solomon Named to Mayor Adams’ Life Sciences Advisory Council
This week, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) named NYSCF CEO Susan L. Solomon, JD, to its Life Sciences Advisory Council, a group of...
NYSCF Community Shares Exciting Progress at International Society for Stem Cell Research Conference
Last week, the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) hosted its first ever hybrid meeting in San Francisco, successfully gathering more than 2,200 in-person attendees...
Meet SCAVENGE: A Search Engine to Uncover How Genetic Variations Affect Our Cells
The Context: Variants in our genes can be important indicators of our risk for developing certain diseases, but there hasn’t been a good way to determine...
Stem Cell Science in Action: NYSCF Introduces New Drug Discovery Platform at SNF Nostos Conference
“My colleagues and I are delighted to bring the NYSCF lab to you here at SNF Nostos Health today, and to show you in real time...
The Surprising Double Life of a Parkinson’s-Related Protein
The Context: The major hallmark of Parkinson’s disease is an accumulation of a protein in the brain called alpha-synuclein. While alpha-synuclein has been the focal point...
Science by the Sea: Highlights of the NYSCF Innovators Retreat
This month, the NYSCF – Robertson Investigators, NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellows, and NYSCF Research Institute scientists gathered (in-person for the first time in two years) in...
To Achieve Precision Medicine, Diverse Stem Cell Biobanks are Key
Even though breakthroughs in biomedical research have reduced mortality for most major diseases of our time, the gaps in mortality between ethnic minorities and white patients...
Even Stem Cells Can Have An Identity Crisis: Here’s How Scientists Track It
The Context: All of the cells in our body perform different functions: red blood cells carry oxygen, pancreas cells produce insulin, liver cells break down fat,...
What Makes You Smell Tasty to a Mosquito? And How Do They Hunt You Down?
The Context: Mosquitos are notorious superspreaders for diseases like Zika, dengue, and yellow fever, and scientists know that in some parts of the world, they hunt...
When Good Brain Cells Go Bad: New Findings from NYSCF and Johns Hopkins Precision Medicine Initiative
The Context: Astrocytes are support cells in the brain that help our neurons function properly. However, these typically helpful cells can ‘go rogue’ or ‘reactive’ in...
Replacing the Brain’s Cleanup Machinery to Treat Neurological Disease
The Context: Microglia are resident immune cells of the brain that are constantly patrolling the central nervous system to eliminate dead or damaged cells. Defects in...
Unproven Stem Cell Therapies: Experts Discuss How To Protect Yourself From This Global Health Issue
Off the side of the highway, between billboards for amusement parks and car dealerships, you may have encountered a new type of advertisement: “Cure your arthritis!”...
The Exciting Life of Inhibitory Neurons: Key Cells for Intelligence
The Context: The brain has two major types of neurons: excitatory neurons that fire to activate other neurons, and inhibitory neurons that restrain their fellow neurons....
Women’s Reproductive Cancers Are Among The Most Deadly And Most Neglected. How Do We Fix This?
The American Cancer Society estimates that nearly 20,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2022, and 12,000 of them will die. Survival rates have...
Experts Explore the Power of Artificial Intelligence in Brain Disease Research
How is artificial intelligence (AI) augmenting and improving disease research? A group representing several facets of the disease experience recently gathered to discuss how new research...
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Uncover Hidden Signatures of Parkinson’s Disease
New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute collaborates with Google Research to identify new cellular characteristics of disease in skin cells from Parkinson’s patients NEW...
Hidden Signatures of Parkinson’s Disease Revealed by NYSCF’s Automation Technology and Artificial Intelligence
The Context: The vast majority of drugs fail clinical trials, largely because there is still much we do not understand about the underpinnings of complex diseases...
Show Yourself: Making Leukemia Visible To The Immune System Could Prevent Relapse
The Context: The most common treatment for acute myeloid leukemia is bone marrow transplant, in which healthy stem cells are infused into the bloodstream of the...
How Your Gut Tells Your Brain That You’re Hydrated
The Context: It might only take a couple seconds after a gulp of water to no longer feel thirsty, but for your brain to know you’re...
What are Stem Cells, and How Can They Accelerate Better Treatments for Disease?
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, cancer: they’re all diseases that are, to this day, largely a mystery, and treatment options are scarce. But thanks to stem cells,...
Fostering STEM Education Through A Lifetime: From Student to Scientist
Science affects everyone, and has never been more important. To enable meaningful progress, we need to support and inspire people of all ages to engage with...
Vijay Sankaran Reflects On the Transformational Impact of the NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Award and Innovator Community
The offer to start your own laboratory is a crowning achievement as a scientist. Having secured your first independent position, you are already brimming with ideas...
Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in STEM: Defining Challenges and Actionable Strategies
For NYSCF, promoting equity in the scientific workforce is mission-critical: we need 100% of the available brainpower to reach treatments and cures as quickly as possible....