Reh Lab Shows Conclusively that AAV-delivered Genes Can Regenerate Mammalian Retinal Neurons
Researchers in the Reh Lab have produced the clearest evidence yet that AAV-delivered genes can stimulate regeneration in the mammalian retina
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Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine
at the University of Washington
Confronting the root causes of disease through collaboration and innovation
What Constitutes Appropriate Scientific Justification in Stem Cell Research?
A multi-institutional team convened by the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) elaborates on the meaning of “appropriate scientific justification” for review boards, regulators, and scientists who evaluate and conduct stem cell research.
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New Platform for Tissue Engineers Reduces Guesswork in Bioink Formulation
The Stevens Lab has unveiled a game-changing system to simultaneously screen dozens of varying compositions of bioinks for tissue and organ printing
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Muscular dystrophy gene therapy researchers Jeffrey Chamberlain (left) and Hichem Tasfaout in their lab.
New Gene Therapy for Muscular Dystrophy Offers Hope
A new gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) shows promise of not only arresting the decline of the muscles of those affected by this inherited genetic disease, but perhaps, in the future, repairing those muscles.
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Muscular dystrophy gene therapy researchers Jeffrey Chamberlain (left) and Hichem Tasfaout in their lab.
How Cellular Dysfunction Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease Arises in Microglia
New research from the lab of ISCRM faculty member Jessica Young sheds light on the relationship between loss of SORL1 and Alzheimer's disease risk specifically in microglia.
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Spotlight
2025 Tietze Award Winners
ISCRM faculty members Smita Yadav, an Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Nobuhiko (Nobu) Hamazaki, an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Genome Sciences, have received prestigious awards from the John H. Tietze Foundation Trust that will help fuel promising research underway in their labs.
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User-Friendly 3D-Printed Device Will Allow Researchers to Model Human Tissue With Increased Control and Complexity
Events
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ISCRM Fellows Mini-Symposium 2025
Thursday, July 17 @ 10:00 am
Orin Smith Auditorium -
ISCRM & BCRegMED Cascadia Corridor Research Symposium 2025
Thursday, October 23 @ 12:00 pm
Orin Smith Auditorium & Zoom
LEARNING CENTER
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GLOSSARY
Check out these definitions of common stem cell and regenerative medicine terms written for scientists of all ages and levels of expertise.
About Stem Cell Treatment
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Stem Cell 101
What are stem cells and how do scientists use them in the lab? Visit our Stem Cell 101 page for an introduction to stem cell biology.