Stem Cell Biology

Global Networks Recognized for Transforming Collaboration, Advancing Standards, and Expanding Equitable Access in Stem Cell Science Press Release The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is pleased to announce Stem Cell COREdinates and...

Biotech company Moderna, co-founded by HSCI scientist Derrick Rossi, is set to bring a new class of treatments to patients. Summary Derrick Rossi’s research into using mRNA as a new kind of therapeutic was initially supported by HSCI seed funding, and...

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 a cross-school collaboration, Harvard researchers Steve McCarroll (left) and Kevin Eggan (right) couple stem cell science with genetics and genomics to advance our understanding of human brain illnesses. Their latest project identified mutations that...

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...

Cambridge, MA, June 16,2016 - The Harvard Stem Cell Institute, three of Harvard’s clinical affiliates, and a biopharmaceutical company have formed a unique collaboration to establish the Boston Autologous Islet Replacement Program (BAIRT) to accelerate a...

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...

Mini-kidney organoid (2 mm dimaeter) grown from pluripotent stem cells. Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have combined cutting-edge, gene-editing techniques with stem cell science to for the first time...

In the top image the frog embryo is developing normally. In the bottom image the frog embryo is lacking a head and brain as a result of the suppression of the Notum protein. Researchers identify a vital protein that can determine head and brain...