Tracy Young-Pearse

HSCI researchers led by Tracy Young-Pearse, Ph.D., have developed a method to examine living brain cells and predict the rate of Alzheimer’s disease progression and cognitive decline. A new brain model has been developed that will allow patient-specific...

Four faculty members of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) have been recognized as leaders in their fields. Elliot Chaikof, M.D., Ph.D. is an HSCI Principal Faculty member and the Johnson and Johnson Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School (HMS...

HSCI, a network of the nation’s top stem cell and regenerative medicine researchers, gathers to exchange ideas and forge new collaborations to advance biomedical research. Summary 2018 gathering of stem cell scientists provided rich ground for knowledge...

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...

Young-Pearse and colleagues studied human astrocytes (red) and neurons (green) derived from iPS cells. Photo courtesy of Sarah Sullivan. Study of plaque production holds promise for improved treatments By B.D. Colen, HSCI Director of Communications...

New culture system makes it possible to observe progression of plaques and tangles Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) scientists, in collaboration with Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers, have developed a three-dimensional laboratory culture...

Stem cells from patients offer model and drug-discovery platform for early-onset form of disease Harvard stem cell scientists have successfully converted skin cells from patients with early-onset Alzheimer’s into the types of neurons that are affected by...