Susan L. Solomon Receives 2020 ISSCR Award
We are delighted to share that NYSCF CEO Susan L. Solomon will receive the 2020 Public Service Award from the International Society for Stem Cell Research...
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Building Bruch’s Membrane to Better Understand Macular Degeneration
The Context: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) results from the death of retinal pigmented epithelial cells (RPEs) in the eye. Bruch’s membrane is a structure that sits...
CYTOVIA Therapeutics and the New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute Enter into a Partnership to Develop iPSC-Derived CAR NK Therapeutics
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...
2019 Year in Review
As we enter 2020, we’re taking a moment to look back at the incredible advancements of 2019. From forming new precision medicine partnerships to sending multiple...
For a Family Affected by Rare Disease, Stem Cells are Providing New Hope
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...
How ‘Remixing’ a Gene May Lead to Schizophrenia and other Neuropsychiatric Diseases
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...
From Casual to Compulsive: How Brain Circuitry Affects Alcohol Use
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....
What’s the Best Way to Preserve Personalized Bone Grafts?
The Context: After a bone graft is created from stem cells, it will likely have to be preserved for a while before it reaches a patient....
NYSCF Collaboration Sends Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s Disease Brain Cells to Space
Brain cells derived from the stem cells of multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease patients are on their way up to the International Space Station! This afternoon,...
NYSCF Partners with Alumnus Chris Gregg to Personalize Cancer Treatment with Big Data
Cancer patients can often feel powerless. They want to do all they can, but many feel as though they don’t have much control over their treatment....
First-in-kind Human 3-dimensional Models of Parkinson’s Disease and Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Launching to the International Space Station
First patient-derived, induced pluripotent stem cell disease-specific organoid models in microgravity to advance understanding of neurodegenerative disease LOUISVILLE, KY — (BUSINESS WIRE) — The National Stem...
Precision Medicine and the Power of Stem Cells: Highlights of the 2019 NYSCF Conference
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...
NYSCF, Johns Hopkins, and Bloomberg Philanthropies Partner to Advance Precision Medicine
A new collaboration between the NYSCF Research Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM), and Bloomberg Philanthropies is aiming to push precision medicine forward using...
NYSCF Announces 2019 Class of NYSCF – Robertson Investigators
New York, NY (October 22, 2019) – The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) today announced the 2019 class of NYSCF – Robertson Investigators, welcoming six...
New Hope for a Rare and Deadly Neurological Disease
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...
Three is Better Than One: Three-Organoid System Opens Door for More Comprehensive Study and Treatment of Liver Diseases
The Context: Organoids (3D aggregates of human tissue made from stem cells) are advantageous for studying disease and development since they recapitulate the way different cell...
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Alumna Vanessa Ruta Named 2019 MacArthur Fellow
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...
Genetic Variants Synergize to Confer Schizophrenia Risk
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...
A New Method for Untangling DNA is Helping Scientists Change a Cell’s Identity
The Context: Stem cells are advantageous for disease research because of their ability to become any type of cell in the body, allowing scientists to see...
Parent-Specific Stem Cells Provide Insight into Human Development
The Context: Humans inherit two sets of genes, one from each biological parent. Some of these genes have only one parent’s copy activated, while the other...
A New Soldier Against Skin Cancer: The Hair Follicle
The Context: Some genetic mutations are risk factors for developing diseases such as cancer. However, while certain mutations may lead to cancer in some tissues, they...
Alzheimer’s Stem Cells are Uncovering Disease Mechanisms, and NYSCF is Making Them Widely Available to the Research Community
One of the great advantages of stem cells is that they can be used to make personalized models of disease — they let us study exactly...
NYSCF Supports New Google Policy Barring Ads for Unproven Stem Cell Therapies
The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute strongly supports Google’s announcement that it will no longer allow ads for clinics offering unapproved stem cell therapies....
NYSCF Gender Equality Report Card Identifies Widespread Underrepresentation of Women in STEM
Despite a mountain of evidence that a diverse research workforce benefits scientific investigation, achieving gender equality in science, technology, engineering, and medicine (STEM) remains an enormous...
To Make New Neurons, Alzheimer’s-Affected Brains Need to do Some Cleaning
The Context: Alzheimer’s-affected brains do not make new neurons out of neural stem cells as efficiently as healthy brains, and this is an early sign of...