The Lack of Diversity in Biomedical Research has Deadly Consequences
Disease impacts everyone, but not in the same way. Disease risk and drug efficacy can vary a great deal across individuals, and unfortunately, much of what...
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Remembering Christo
By Paul Goldberger, NYSCF Board Member The artist Christo, a longtime supporter of NYSCF, died on May 31. The New York Stem Cell Foundation mourns the...
Susan L. Solomon Receives Public Service Award From International Society for Stem Cell Research
NYSCF CEO Susan L. Solomon recently received the 2020 Public Service Award from the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) for her outstanding contributions to...
Updates on the NYSCF Community’s Fight Against COVID-19
We are proud of our scientists and Innovator community who are hard at work developing solutions for those impacted by COVID-19. This ranges from better detecting...
On The Road To Better Outcomes for Women with Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer is a difficult disease to tackle, as is evident from the statistics that surround it: Five years after diagnosis, ovarian cancer survival rates are...
Community Continues from Afar: Highlights of the NYSCF Innovators Retreat
Each year, current NYSCF – Robertson Investigators, NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellows, and NYSCF Research Institute scientists gather for the NYSCF Innovators Retreat: one week of discussion...
Why is Sleep Deprivation so Bad for You? The Answer May Lie in Your Gut
Featured image credit: Anna Olivella The Context: Chronic sleeplessness is associated with many disorders including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, obesity, and depression. Previous studies...
Science in the Time of COVID-19: Challenges, Opportunities, And the Path Forward
Featured image credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of millions, impacting how people are able (or unable) to...
All Your Questions About the Science of COVID-19, Answered – Plus How Stem Cells Can Help
Featured image credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases What makes the COVID-19 virus so hard to contain? Why do some people have severe reactions? What...
NYSCF Scientists Create the ‘Stars’ of the Brain and Capture Their Rogue Behavior in Disease
Read the press release here. You may not have heard of astrocytes before, but your body is full of them: they make up more than...
When Astrocytes Attack: Stem Cell Model Shows Possible Mechanism Behind Neurodegeneration
Human stem-cell-derived astrocytes can be triggered to become toxic to neurons, opening the door for new understanding and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Featured image credit: Christina...
Feng Zhang Develops Prototype for Faster, Cheaper COVID-19 Test
A major hurdle in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic concerns testing: we desperately need to test at much higher rates to halt the virus’s spread by ensuring...
Have Kids in Quarantine? Introduce Them to Stem Cells with our Virtual Learning Resources
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended many aspects of our lives, including the way that kids are educated. With countless students now in homeschool, maintaining their education...
New Solutions Are on the Horizon for COVID-19: Here’s How the NYSCF Community is Uniting to Push Them Forward
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended society, leaving millions sick and out of work. Fortunately, scientists have started a global race to understand the virus, halt its...
Kay Tye Delivers TED Talk on the Underpinnings of Mental Illness
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Alumna and Salk Institute Professor Kay Tye, PhD, recently delivered a TED Talk on her pioneering work to illuminate how circuits...
Thoughts to Text: Edward Chang’s Implant Turns Brain Signals to Written Words With Up to 97% Accuracy
The Context: There is an urgent need for new methods to allow effective communication for patients who have lost speaking or gesturing abilities to stroke, paralysis,...
Ed Boyden Awarded Wilhelm Exner Medal
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Alumnus and Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology at MIT Ed Boyden, PhD, will receive the prestigious 2020 Wilhelm Exner Medal...
A Message to the NYSCF Community from Susan L. Solomon
On behalf of all of us at The NYSCF Research Institute, I am writing to express our hope and best wishes for you and your loved...
We Need 100% of the Available Brainpower to Reach Cures. NYSCF’s Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering Is Fighting to Make Sure We Get There.
“We were determined to do something more than just write another white paper that would end up in a drawer,” explained NYSCF Associate Vice President of...
Progress, Challenges, and Promise: On the Road to a Type 1 Diabetes Cure
“How many people were promised a cure [for type 1 diabetes] within five or ten years?” JDRF CEO Aaron Kowalski asks the audience. Half the hands...
NYSCF Scientists Talk Space, Stem Cells, and their Pioneering Study of MS and PD
The International Space Station (ISS) houses more than astronauts: the football-field-sized spacecraft is also home to a large range of research projects carried out in the...
New Hope for Alzheimer’s: Scientists and Clinicians Present Emerging Therapies for a Notoriously Challenging Disease
Alzheimer’s remains one of the most devastating diseases in the world, and though there are more than 44 million people with it worldwide, there are still...
A New Therapeutic Angle for ALS
The Context: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) affects motor neurons, the cells that send signals to our muscles, gradually paralyzing patients. Scientists know that a mutation in...
Roadmap of Brain Development Offers Insight into Autism and Schizophrenia
The Context: Studying brain development can be difficult since scientists cannot easily access developing brain tissue. Creating models of human brain development from stem cells allows...
Going Gray? Stress — and Depleted Stem Cells — Are the Likely Culprits
The Context: We’ve all heard that stress can turn your hair gray. But there hasn’t been much scientific evidence that this is true — and if...