In Perspective

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...

Researcher Pandolfi outlines promising paths for cures, including targeted therapy, RNA medicine, and immune therapy By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer In recent years, cancer patients have benefited from a new array of weapons to fight the disease...

Photo courtesy of Vionnie Yu, Scadden Lab. Color-labeling helps Harvard researchers track the development and behavior of individual cells By Hannah Robbins Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have used a colorful, cell-labeling technique to...

HSCI scientists use antibodies, rather than the standard toxic chemicals and radiation, to prepare for bone marrow transplants By Hannah L. Robbins Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists have taken the first steps toward developing a treatment that...

Researchers at Harvard Stem Cell Institute suppressed the CAF1 gene to create colonies of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS cells) at greater speeds and efficiencies . Photo courtesy of Sihem Chaloufi. Scientists identify a molecular key that helps...

HSCI researchers made artificial stem cells, or induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), from embryonic stem cells, then turned those iPSCs into the neural cells pictured here. Photo courtesy of Jiho Choi. Experimental "trick" lets researchers compare...