Stem Cell Models Reflect the Intricacies of an Alzheimer’s Brain
The Context: There are no effective treatments for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), in large part because we do not understand how patient brain cells malfunction and die....
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Bringing Creative Flair to Stem Cell Research: Meet Kay Unger
NYSCF Board Member Kay Unger may be best known for her eponymous brand and trailblazing career in fashion, but she’s also an inspiring advocate for biomedical...
How The Microscopic Residents in Your Gut Could Influence Cognitive Decline
The Context: Your intestines are home to trillions of microbes that help you take in nutrients and maintain a healthy gut, and they are also known...
Meet SEND: A ‘Mini FedEx Truck’ For Getting Treatments into Cells
The Context: Therapies that employ mRNA, such as many COVID-19 vaccines, have the capacity to treat a variety of diseases by leveraging the body’s ability to...
Learning About Stem Cells and Themselves: Meet the 2021 Summer Interns
For the nineteen students interning at NYSCF this summer, the experience was unlike any internship they’ve had before. Whether it was working hands-on in the lab...
Uncovering the Unique Way the Pancreas Regenerates
The Context: Stem cells play a critical role in regenerating many of our organs — when old cells are damaged or die off, stem cells provide...
Sergiu Pasca Recognized For His Work to Understand the Developing Brain
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Sergiu Pasca, MD, of Stanford University has dedicated himself to understanding the brain: how it develops, how it works, and...
Bat Brains Offer A Glimpse into How We Navigate Through the World
The Problem: Human spatial navigation abilities are incredibly complex, and can go awry in diseases like Alzheimer’s. We know that the brain has specialized ‘place cells’...
Susan L. Solomon Named to City & State’s ‘Life Sciences Power 50’
NYSCF CEO Susan L. Solomon, JD, was recently named as one of City and State’s ‘Life Sciences Power 50’ for her visionary leadership of the New...
Whether Someone Gets Severe COVID-19 Could Be Determined By A Battle In the Nose and Throat
The Context: One of the major challenges we face in treating COVID-19 is that we still do not have effective ways of determining whether someone will...
About-Face: From ‘Grandmother Neurons’ to New Forms of Facial Recognition
The Problem: For decades, scientists have grappled with the mystery of facial recognition: how our brains turn visual information into memories. At one time, many hypothesized...
He Lost His Voice in 2003. Now, Thanks to a Brain Implant, He’s Getting it Back.
The Problem: For patients with paralysis or diseases that impact muscle movement such as ALS, Parkinson’s, or cerebral palsy, the lack of effective ways to communicate...
From Biologist to Business Student: Meet Katie Reggio
When Katie Reggio joined NYSCF’s Global Stem Cell Array® team in 2015, she was looking to learn more about stem cells and herself. While she originally...
A New Stem Cell Approach to Cancer Prevention, Straight From the Gut
The Problem: Colon cancer is responsible for the second highest number of cancer deaths in the United States, and third highest worldwide. The majority of cases...
Moderna Founder Derrick Rossi Wins Princess of Asturias Award
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Alumnus, Board member, and Moderna founder Derrick Rossi, PhD, will receive the prestigious Princess of Asturias Award, a recognition given...
How the Technology that Unlocks Your Phone is Accelerating Disease Research
The Problem: If you’ve set up your phone to unlock when it sees your face, then you’re already familiar with image recognition technology. Image recognition software...
The Sound of Science: Researchers Share their Reflections on the NYSCF Community at Our Annual Retreat
Each year, the NYSCF – Robertson Investigators and NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellows gather for a retreat to share their latest work and form connections that further...
Variants vs. Vaccines: Ending the Pandemic in the US and Worldwide
In the United States, COVID-19 cases are dropping overall and reopening is underway, although millions of adults choose to remain unvaccinated and several regions are seeing...
How Camille Fulmore Went from Dreams of Traveling to Mars to Dreams of Curing Disease
Camille Fulmore has always known she wanted to be a scientist. Her initial dream of becoming the first woman on Mars may not have come true...
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 diagnosing...
A Surprising New Solution For Low Oxygen: Breathing Through the Rectum
The Problem: Patients suffering from lung failure are often put on ventilators, but as we have seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, these tools aren’t always readily...
Students Explore Stem Cells and the Many Career Paths of STEM
What’s so special about stem cells, and what kinds of careers can you have in this exciting field? This month, NYSCF hosted two events for students...
Artificial Intelligence Meets Disease Research: How A New Partnership is Streamlining NYSCF’s Science
Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping scientists take biological research to a whole new level. A finely-tuned algorithm can help identify features of cells imperceptible to the...
Juggling Motherhood, Mentorship, and Burnout During a Pandemic
Many studies are showing that women are disproportionately affected by the pandemic. How can we build more supportive environments for women to succeed in STEM, especially...
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...