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Lee Rubin, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and leading scholar of neurodegenerative disease, has been named the next faculty co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI). Effective this spring, he joins current co-director David...

Global Networks Recognized for Transforming Collaboration, Advancing Standards, and Expanding Equitable Access in Stem Cell Science Press Release The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is pleased to announce Stem Cell COREdinates and...

By Anne Manning This story has been modified from an article in the Harvard Gazette. Read the original story here. Today, Jason Buenrostro, HSCI Principal Faculty member and an associate professor in the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology...

Boston-area stem cell scientists convene to discuss regulation, future research directions, career paths The Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) convened for its 14th annual retreat on May 21st at Harvard Medical School in the Joseph B. Martin Conference...

Sana Biotechnology licenses innovative immune-silent stem cell technology developed though Harvard’s Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator Protecting transplanted cells from immune attack is a serious challenge. As with any organ transplant, cell lines derived...

Press release of the Massachusetts General Hospital Using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has bioengineered functional small intestine segments that, when implanted into rats, were capable...

By Nancy Fleisler ( Boston Children's Hospital) and Javier Barbuzano (Harvard Stem Cell Institute) To stay healthy, our lungs have to maintain two key populations of cells: the alveolar epithelial cells, which make up the little sacs where gas exchange...

Applications for 2018 Joslin Pilot & Feasibility grants now open to all Harvard/Affiliates. The goal of the Pilot and Feasibility Study Program is to encourage research on diabetes and its complications by two target groups: young researchers in these...

In spring, 2017, Khalid Shah and Tracy Young-Pearse were settled in their new research home in Brigham and Women’s ‘Building for Transformative Medicine’ on Fenwood Road. Like good neighbors, they were very eager to get to know their HSCI colleagues in...