Paul Tesar Named 2017 NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize Recipient
Dr. Paul Tesar, a professor at Case Western Reserve University and NYSCF — Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Alumnus, is the 2017 recipient of the NYSCF –...
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Unique and Comprehensive Collection of Stem Cell Lines Available to Researchers Around the Globe
NYSCF and the Beyond Batten Disease Foundation (BBDF) partnered to create a unique and comprehensive collection of juvenile Batten (CLN3) disease induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells....
NYSCF Opens New Research Institute and Headquarters in Manhattan
NYSCF officially opened its new state-of-the-art Research Institute and headquarters in Manhattan. The expanded NYSCF Research Institute will allow scientists to conduct the most advanced stem...
Feng Zhang Receives 2016 NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize
NYSCF announced today that Feng Zhang, PhD, is the 2016 recipient of the NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize for his pioneering advances to edit human...
NYSCF Research Advances Mitochondrial Replacement
NYSCF has been at the forefront of bringing mitochondrial replacement therapy to the clinic and in 2011, published a seminal paper in Nature that showed mitochondrial replacement could...
NYSCF Research Institute Announces Largest-Ever Stem Cell Repository
The NYSCF Research Institute, through the launch of its repository in 2015, will provide the largest-ever number of stem cell lines available to the scientific research...
NYSCF Awards $9M to Six New NYSCF – Robertson Investigators
The 2014 NYSCF – Robertson Investigators were announced at NYSCF’s Ninth Annual Gala and Science Fair, held at Jazz at Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Each Investigator will...
NYSCF Partners with Beyond Batten Disease Foundation to Fight Juvenile Batten Disease
NYSCF and Beyond Batten Disease Foundation (BBDF) are partnering to develop stem cell resources to investigate and explore new treatments and, ultimately, find a cure for juvenile...
First Disease-Specific Stem Cell Line by SCNT
A team of scientists led by the NYSCF Research Institute’s Dr. Dieter Egli report the first ever patient-specific, diploid (i.e. with two sets of chromosomes, the...
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 Researcher Brings Us Closer to Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease
NYSCF scientist Mike Nestor, PhD, with a team of fellow NYSCF researchers developed a new technique that enables scientists to better image living neurons made from...
NYSCF Researchers Develop Scientific Technique to Help Prevent Mitochondrial Disease
A joint team of scientists from The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) and Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) has developed a technique that may prevent...
New York Stem Cell Foundation Scientist Grows Bone From Human Embryonic Stem Cells
NEW YORK, NY (May 14, 2012) — Dr. Darja Marolt, an Investigator at The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Laboratory, is lead author on a...
TIME Magazine Names New York Stem Cell Foundation Research #1 Medical Breakthrough of 2011
Discovery Hailed As Step Toward Patient-Specific Treatments for Diabetes, Other Degenerative Diseases NEW YORK, NY (December 9, 2011) – TIME magazine has designated research conducted in the...
NYSCF Commits More Than $5 Million in Fellowships
NYSCF announced research fellowship awards totaling more than $5 million. The fellowships are part of NYSCF’s ongoing commitment to training a new generation of stem cell...
New Yorkers Overwhelmingly Support Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
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