Sweet way to 3D-print Blood Vessels

June 30, 2020 | Categories: Research | Tagged: 3D Printing, Stevens

Announcing the FY21 Innovation Pilot Award Recipients

June 26, 2020 | Categories: Announcements, Award | Tagged: Cirulli, Folch, Kelly, Roy, Seslar, Silberstein, Watson

Improving Islet Transplantation to Treat Type 1 Diabetes

June 22, 2020 | Categories: Award | Tagged: biomaterials, Cirulli, Crisa, DeForest, diabetes, islet, transplantation

A major grant from the NIH will allow three ISCRM investigators to use their combined expertise in islet and stem cell biology, vascular biology and cellular immunology, and biomaterials to significantly improve the wellbeing of people with type 1 diabetes. Read More

Young Lab Links Loss of SORL1 Gene to Increased Alzheimer’s Risk

June 2, 2020 | Categories: Research | Tagged: Alzheimers, CRISPR, neurons, Young

To overcome the inherent challenges in studying the brain, one ISCRM team used stem cell technology to implicate a gene known as SORL1 in some types of Alzheimer’s and to shed new light on why many promising treatments for this disease have hit dead ends in clinical trials. Read More

NIH Funds Kwon Lab Effort to Identify Genetic Risk Factors for Osteoprosis

May 18, 2020 | Categories: Award, Research | Tagged: Kwon, osteoporosis, zebrafish

Q&A with Erica Jonlin PhD, Author of Perspective on Informed Consent Published in Stem Cell Reports

April 14, 2020 | Categories: Administrative Staff | Tagged: genome editing, informed consent, Jonlin

Background In November 2018, Dr. He Jiankui used a series of YouTube videos to announce the birth of the world’s first genetically-modified babies, twin girls who soon became known as the CRISPR babies. In a stunning, unapologetic presentation to the international scientific research community, Dr. He reported that he had edited a specific gene in […] Read More