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Seed Funding Leads to NIH Grant to Test Promising Gene Replacement Strategy

August 20, 2026 | Categories: Award, Core Faculty | Tagged: , , ,

Seed funding enabled Hichem Tasfaout to gather the data required for a multi-institutional federal grant to test a promising gene replacement strategy for a family of inherited muscle diseases. Read More

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ISCRM Researchers Identify Gene With Dual Influence on Bone and Muscle Development

November 29, 2022 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: , , , , ,

Using zebrafish as a model, researchers from the Musculoskeletal Systems Biology Lab describe how wnt16 dually influences bone and muscle development and growth. Read More

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ISCRM Researchers to Play Pivotal Roles on NIH-Funded Collaboration with Stanford

July 10, 2019 | Categories: Announcements, Award, Core Faculty | Tagged: , , , , , ,

Over the last decade, human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have become powerful tools of discovery for scientists around the world. Read More