#  Media Mentions 2011 

 



### **November 2011**

**11/28/11** HSCI Principal Faculty member Kevin Eggan gives talk for [MND Australia](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zSsqhycYk4) on how stem cell research could lead to a cure for ALS.   
   
 **11/24/11** Research showing the viability of neuron transplantation in mammals included collaboration with HSCI Executive Committee member Jeffrey Macklis.  
 *Featured*: [Asian News International](http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/251862), [Harvard Gazette](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/11/rebuilding-the-brain%E2%80%99s-circuitry/), [Medical News Today](http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238261.php), [New Scientist](http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21211-neuron-transplant-in-damaged-brain-fixes-obesity.html), [Science Now](http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/11/transplanted-neurons-curb-obesit.html)

### **August 2011**

**8/26/11** For the first time, adult skin cells from patients with ALS are transformed into motor neurons by HSCI Principal Faculy member Kevin Eggan.   
 *Featured*: [Harvard Gazette](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/08/from-skin-cells-to-motor-neurons/)

### **May 2011**

**5/18/11** A [Nature](http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110518/full/473272a.html) feature on the challenges of induced pluripotent stem cells quotes HSCI Principal Faculty member Alexander Meissner.  
   
 **5/11/11** [The Harvard Crimson](http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/5/11/stem-cell-institute-grows/) reports on the Harvard Stem Cell Institute's growth.

### **April 2011**

**4/7/11** Research led by HSCI Principal Faculty member Richard T. Lee finds new use for c-kit+ stem cells to stimulate repair in heart tissue.  
 *Featured*: [CIRM](http://www.cirm.ca.gov/about-stem-cells/presidents-stem-cell-research-picks-april-2011), [Harvard Crimson](http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/4/22/cells-stem-cell-cardiac/), [Harvard Gazette](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/04/helping-the-heart-help-itself/)

### **March 2011**

**3/17/11** HSCI Executive Committee member Leonard Zon makes progress against melanoma with the discovery of a gene that hastens tumor growth and a potential therapeutic awaiting FDA approval, reports the [Harvard Gazette](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/03/progress-against-melanoma/).

### **January 2011**

**1/11/11** The [Harvard Gazette](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/01/aaas-announces-15-harvard-fellows/) lists the 15 Harvard faculty, including HSCI Principal Faculty members Stuart Orkin and Bjorn Olsen, named American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows.