Fluorescent microscopy image of cells with blue-stained nuclei (DAPI), red-stained cytoskeleton (Phalloidin), and green-stained Barx1. Scale bar indicates 50 μm. Text DPSC 29 in lower left corner.

ISCRM and the UW School of Dentistry Reveal New Findings About the Nature of Stem Cells in Human Teeth

February 22, 2019 | Categories: Research | Tagged: , , ,

Long before Hannele Ruohola-Baker became a leading stem cell researcher, she was a young hockey player skating on the frozen ponds of her native Finland. When she was ten years old, she lost a tooth to an errant puck. “I’d say that’s when my interest in regenerating teeth began,” says Dr. Ruohola-Baker, now a Professor of Biochemistry and Associate Director of the UW Medicine Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM). Read More