Brian Wainger

Clinical trial success based on stem cell models in the lab Summary A clinical trial, supported in part by the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), has shown that the drug retigabine improves a characteristic of motor neurons that is impacted in...

Turning skin cells into pain-sensing neurons Human noxious stimulus detecting sensory neurons produced by converting skin cells with a set of five genes to this new fate—enabling study of "pain"in a dish. (Credit: Elizabeth Buttermore, PhD) After more...