Kevin Kit Parker

Bioengineered device offers insights into artificial muscular pumps, a step toward building an artificial heart Harvard University researchers, in collaboration with colleagues from Emory University, have developed the first fully autonomous biohybrid...

HSCI researchers show the healing mechanisms of extracellular vesicles using a heart-on-a-chip Extracellular vesicles (EVs) — nanometer-sized packages that travel between cells to deliver cues and cargo — are promising tools for the next generation of...

HSCI scientists have combined organ-on-a-chip and stem-cell technologies to make a powerful tool for diabetes research and beta-cell transplantation By Mary Todd Bergman By combining two powerful technologies, scientists are taking diabetes research to a...

Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a leading cause of sudden death from cardiac arrest in children and young adults. Marked by racing, irregular heartbeats, the inherited arrhythmia is typically silent until a child suddenly...

HSCI bioengineer and cardiologist collaborate to design a radically improved model of the heart By Jessica Lau Researchers use heart cells in the laboratory to study heart disease and test potential new therapies. Many of the heart disease models they use...

Tongue-on-a-chip provides insight into genetic diseases By Leah Burrows, SEAS Science and Technology Communications Officer Muscular dystrophy is a group of rare genetic diseases that cause progressive muscle weakness and deterioration. For decades...

Cross-Harvard collaboration explores new possibilities for personalized medicine Harvard scientists have merged stem cell and ‘organ-on-a-chip’ technologies to grow, for the first time, functioning human heart tissue carrying an inherited cardiovascular...

Harvard researchers define 'good' stem cells Kevin Kit Parker, PhD, and colleagues have identified standards making it possible to quantitatively judge and compare commercially available stem cell lines. (Credit: Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer)...