Harvard Stem Cell Institute

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We are a scientific collaborative aimed at fulfilling the promise of stem cells.

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HSCI has pushed the field of stem cell biology forward and made substantial progress toward the ultimate goal of truly understanding disease processes and development of treatments.

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We continue to foster collaboration among researchers doing stem cell-related science at Harvard, its affiliated hospitals, and beyond, so that therapies can be developed and brought to the clinic.

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Home ยป Diabetes

Diabetes

Story

  • September 16, 2009
    Pluripotent stem cells from diabetes patients; a trove for diabetes researchers
  • November 1, 2008
    HSCI researchers turn one form of adult cell directly into another
  • June 16, 2008
    Public Forum: Stem Cells and Key Diseases
  • June 16, 2008
    Stem cells as tools
  • November 19, 2007
    Nuclear transfer is essential building block for diabetes cellular therapy
  • June 19, 2007
    HSCI scientific co-director honored in Time 100
  • February 22, 2007
    Sternlicht gift to support diabetes research
  • November 7, 2006
    Minnesota middle-schooler urges support of stem cell research to remove "world's worst curse"

Media Link

  • September 2, 2009
    A Stem-Cell Discovery Could Help Diabetics
  • September 1, 2009
    Modeling Diabetes with Stem Cells

Video

  • June 25, 2009
    Diabetes Program Overview
  • September 20, 2008
    Diabetes Overview and Key Questions Directing Current Research

Event

  • "Stem Cell Research in Diabetes and Metabolism"
  • The Brooke Ellison Project Ashlye Stiles Fund

Project

  • Identification of beta cell growth factor

Person

  • Douglas A. Melton, PhD

Scientific Paper

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