2016

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...

Boehringer Ingelheim today announced it has established a research collaboration with the Harvard Stem Cell Institute’s - Harvard Fibrosis Network to discover new ways of treating fibrotic diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), chronic...

HSCI scientists use antibodies, rather than the standard toxic chemicals and radiation, to prepare for bone marrow transplants By Hannah L. Robbins Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists have taken the first steps toward developing a treatment that...

by Haley Bridger, Brigham and Women's Hospital A collaborative Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) co-led team has found proof-of-concept evidence for a potential cancer treatment that...

New study shows that circadian rhythm circuitry is essential for acute myeloid leukemia stem cells but not healthy blood cells, suggesting possible pathways for therapeutics By Veronica Meade-Kelly, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard According to a...

New approach offers promise for long-term efficacy by Kelly Lawman, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Blood-contacting implantable medical devices, such as stents, heart valves, ventricular assist devices, and extracorporeal support systems, as well as...

Two HSCI Principal Faculty members, Leonard Zon, MD, and Fernando Camargo, PhD, have received awards for their outstanding contribution to the field of stem cell science from the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), a world-renowned...

HSCI researchers sampled biopsies from women participating in the Nurses' Health Study. In healthy breast tissue (pictured above), the percentage of cells expressing molecular marker Ki67 (green) and p27 (red) is low. Photo courtesy of Sung Jin Huh...

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...

Callosal projection neurons (green) in the cerebral cortex. Photo courtesy of Jessica MacDonald and Jeffrey Macklis. Researchers identify important signaling pathway, potential new route to therapy by Hannah L. Robbins Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI)...