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By Alice McCarthy A research collaborative led by scientists at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston discovered that exercise restarts an aged heart’s ability to make new heart cells, a process that usually ends by...

Kara McKinley, PhD, principal faculty at HSCI, has been named one of the 2022 class of Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering. McKinley and 19 other innovative early-career scientists and engineers will each receive $875,000 over five years to pursue...

Dr. McKinley will receive $1.5 million over five years to continue her work in uterine regeneration, focused on establishing an animal model of menstruation. By Alice McCarthy The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award recognizes career excellence among early...

A single-cell analysis of 3D models of the human cerebral cortex suggests they can be used to study important brain processes that have been difficult to investigate Adapted from the Broad Institute By Allessandra DiCorato Organoids are carefully grown...

Promising early results show that longstanding Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) research may have paved the way for a breakthrough treatment of Type 1 diabetes. Utilizing research from the Melton Lab, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has developed VX-880, an...

New insight into the workings of the hormone irisin shows it has the ability to spur the cognitive benefits of exercise, holding promise for treating cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease, a HSCI led team at Massachusetts General Hospital have found...

In June, the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) co-sponsored the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. Held virtually for the first time, the conference brought together close to 4,000 scientists from 59 countries to discuss...

Researchers in the Jennifer Lewis lab have developed low-cost, plastic and foam-based face shields that can be quickly mass produced. After working with health care professionals on the best design, the researchers have to date delivered almost 1,000 face...

By Jessica Lau As stem cell researchers are making strides toward safe, effective therapies for patients, clinics around the world are selling unproven treatments that can cause lasting harm — such as patients developing blindness after receiving cell...