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Seed Grants 2005

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Project Lead Affiliation Title Disease Area Nabeel Bardeesy, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital he pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell-of-origin Cancer Dong Feng Chen, MD, PhD Schepens Eye Research Institute Repairing retinal disease and damage by neural stem...

Colon Cancer: Microbiota Contributions

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Seminars in Oncology Guest speaker: Cynthia Sears, MD Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Faculty host: Matthew Meyerson, MD No registration needed...all are welcome!

Healthy stem cells generated from terminally ill patients with Pearson Marrow Pancreatic Syndrome

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Using a difficult laboratory technique, HSCI physician-researchers have isolated genetically healthy stem cells from patients with Pearson Marrow Pancreas Syndrome (PS), a generally fatal infant blood disorder with less than a hundred reported cases...

Movie Night: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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Doors open at 5:00 p.m. This event is offered free of charge, but registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-hela-… Join us for a discussion on informed...

Synergizing Science, Engineering, and Clinical Translation

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Regenerative Medicine Workshop at Charleston http://mailchi.mp/ibb/announcing-the-nerem-lecturer-and-keynote-speaker… Announcing the Nerem Lecturer and Keynote Speakers Mark your calendars to join us for the 22nd annual Regenerative Medicine...

Why Our Donors Give

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It is the generosity of our donors that enables HSCI's research to go forward. Their stories are as equally inspiring as they are important to HSCI's success.

Making old hearts younger - HSCI researchers find protein that reverses some effects of aging in mice

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Two Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers — a stem cell biologist and a practicing cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital — have identified a protein in the blood of mice and humans that may prove to be the first effective treatment for the...

Fall 2013 (V.8, No.2)

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Download PDF of this issue. Three discoveries in three weeks 2013 Annual Malkin Retreat A lasting legacy Research highlights in five-minute bites HSCI news briefs HSCI researchers win university-wide challenge

Three discoveries in three weeks

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HSCI researchers take giant steps in three different directions. A hormone that just may prove to be the treatment for type 2 diabetes; a protein in the blood of young animals that can cause the failing hearts of older animals to return to a youthful...

2013 Annual Malkin Retreat

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“…Think about what should be done.” “Don’t think about what can be done, think about what should be done,” HSCI Co-director Doug Melton, PhD, told the nearly 400 attendees at the Eighth Annual HSCI Malkin Retreat, kicking off a day of talks focused on...

HSCI news briefs

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Two HSCI scientists receive state life sciences grants and corporate support HSCI Co-director David Scadden, MD, and Affiliated Faculty member Xi He, PhD, have each won two-year, half-million- dollar competitive grants – and industry sponsorship, from the...

HSCI researchers win university-wide challenge

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A new venture based in the lab of HSCI Kidney Program Leader Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD, was the grand-prize winner in the inaugural Dean’s Health and Life Science Challenge, which called upon students and postdoctoral fellows across the Harvard...