Cancer

Model developed by HSCI researchers enables visualization of drug response The goal of personalized cancer therapy is to know which drugs will work on a patient’s specific tumor before treatment starts. In a step toward this goal, Harvard Stem Cell...

Two Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists have been awarded grants by the American Cancer Society, the largest non-profit and non-governmental funding source of cancer research in the U.S. The awards recognize Ya-Chieh Hsu, Ph.D. and Carla Kim, Ph...

Injectable, sponge-like gel helps revive the immune system after a bone marrow transplant Bone marrow transplants, also known as blood stem cell transplants, are life-saving treatments for aggressive diseases such as leukemia and infections such as HIV...

Two studies by HSCI scientists advance our understanding of cancer Two new studies by Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists give important insights into lung and liver cancers, and have potential implications for cancer treatment. Carla Kim, Ph.D...

Zebrafish models could help develop precision cancer therapies HSCI scientist Leonard Zon, M.D. uses zebrafish as a model to study different cancers. Now, he has used this approach to reveal how mutations in a gene called SPRED1 are involved in mucosal...

Mario Suva and Ramesh Shivdasani are tackling some of the toughest, meanest cancers to clear a path to better treatments. Suva and Shivdasani are using every approach in their arsenal to figure out what makes cancer cells arise from healthy tissue. Armed...

HSCI physician-scientists Daniel Tenen and Li Chai want to turn off a gene to stop cancer without poisoning the patient. The ideal cancer drug would harm cancer cells without hurting normal cells. In their quest to discover one good therapy, HSCI...

Engineered cancer cells can deliver therapeutic molecules to tumors in mice By Jessica Lau Cancer cells have a self-homing ability: they can move around the body to locate tumors. This usually helps the cancer to spread, but Harvard Stem Cell Institute...