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Calum MacRae, M.D., Ph.D.

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The MacRae lab is focused on understanding the genetic contribution to common cardiovascular disease using human studies and complementary high-throughput biology in the zebrafish.

Our lab is interested in the role of functional inputs such as mechanical...

Aging & Fibrosis

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HSCI has the critical mass of expertise needed to tackle major questions that transcend individual disorders. Our scientists study fibrosis and aging in collaborations that cross traditional boundaries, as insights in these key areas have applications...

Heart Disease

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The Harvard Stem Cell Institute is developing new techniques to grow and transplant heart cells, replacing those lost to cardiovascular disease. The greatest threat to the long-term health and well-being of people living with diabetes is cardiovascular...

Jeffrey Karp, Ph.D.

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The Karp lab aims to create advanced biomaterials and devices for therapeutics, taking a highly multidisciplinary approach.

Technologies developed in the Karp lab include high-tech skincare, tissue adhesives, and 3D printed biomedical devices...

Call for Proposals: P01 Pilot Grants 2021

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The Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology (HSCRB) invites applications for Pilot Grant funding for 2021 under the NIH-funded P01 grant “Dissecting the establishment and regulation of human pluripotency” (PI Alexander Meissner). The...

ALS

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Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists offer new hope for the 30,000 Americans living with a paralyzing and fatal disease with no known cause. New York Yankee first baseman Lou Gehrig was having a lousy season in 1939. Known for his record-number home...

Susan Bonner-Weir, Ph.D.

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Susan Bonner-Weir investigates how the pancreatic beta cell changes with age and in response to challenges.

With a series of rodent models, Dr. Bonner-Weir has provided compelling evidence that adult pancreatic beta-cell mass increases in response to a...

Startups

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A key part of our mission is to move discoveries from the laboratory into the market. One way we achieve this is through our faculty, who form startup companies based on their work. The following companies have been founded or co-founded by HSCI...

Alzheimer's Disease

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Eventually, Alzheimer’s kills, but not before it takes everything away from you. —Alzheimer’s Association A longer lifespan comes with a catch; an increase in the percentage of the population living into advanced old age brings with it a sharp increase in...

Parkinson's Disease

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Harvard Stem Cell Institute collaborations are revealing new drug targets for Parkinson’s and ways to restore brain cells damaged by the disease. What do Muhammad Ali and Michael J. Fox have in common? They are both extraordinary individuals who developed...

Louis M. Kunkel, PhD

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The muscular dystrophies are progressive disorders of striated muscle leading to breakdown of muscle integrity. Underlying this clinical presentation there is considerable genetic heterogeneity with the X-chromosomal recessive Duchenne and Becker forms...

Wayne A. Marasco, M.D., Ph.D.

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The Marasco Lab is actively working on antibody discovery for COVID-19. See their COVID-19 page to learn more.

The Marasco lab focuses on the treatment of emerging infectious diseases and cancer. Located in the Department of Cancer Immunology and...