Molecular switch matures heart cells derived from stem cells
May 12, 2015 | Categories: Research |Discovery may prove a major advance in the development of stem cell treatments for heart disease A molecular switch that seems to be essential for embryonic heart cells to grow […] Read More
Dying cells can protect their stem cells from destruction
May 11, 2015 | Categories: Research |An SOS signal from dying daughter cells allows their mother stem cells to protect themselves from radiation and chemotherapy damage Cells dying as the result of radiation exposure or chemotherapy […] Read More
Injection of marrow stem cells into the heart is proven ineffective
April 21, 2015 | Categories: Research |Marrow stem cells were injected into failing hearts of 6 patients awaiting transplantation A small study by University of Washington researchers has found no sign that bone-marrow stem-cell injections stimulated […] Read More
A Debate on private stem cell clinics scheduled for Thursday, April 2
March 25, 2015 | Categories: Announcements |ISCRM, along with the Division of Cardiology, will host a lively debate for and against private stem cell clinics featuring: Leslie Miller, MD, Scientific Director of the Okyanos Stem Cell Institute […] Read More
The Trials of Stem Cell Therapy
September 15, 2014 | Categories: Research |Stem cells broke into the public consciousness in the early 1990s, alluring for their potential to help the body beat back diseases of degeneration Alzheimer’s, and to grow new parts […] Read More
U.S. health research funding critical, NIH head tells UW meet
August 12, 2014 | Categories: Research |In a whirlwind tour through UW Medicine’s research laboratories in South Lake Union, Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), swung easily through a show-and-tell that ranged […] Read More
The Heart of Stem Cell Research
August 4, 2014 | Categories: Research |ISCRM’s Drs. Chuck Murry, Michael Laflamme and April Stempien-Otero discuss stem cells and heart regeneration in the latest podcast at UW Medicine Pulse. Listen to the episode here. Read More
Scientists regenerate heart muscle in primates
April 30, 2014 | Categories: Research |Findings bring stem cell therapy for damaged hearts closer to clinical trials In a major advance, researchers at the University of Washington have successfully restored damaged heart muscle of monkeys […] Read More
ISCRM Faculty Member, Dr. Phil Horner, Featured on UW|360
April 24, 2014 | Categories: Research |Phil Horner, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at the UW, is working on a unique approach to restoring limb function after chronic spinal cord injury. Dr. Horner and his […] Read More
TEDx Talk: Transforming the approach to cancer
March 27, 2014 | Categories: Announcements |Dr. Tony Blau, ISCRM’s Co-Director, recently presented a talk at TEDxTacoma focused on his Center for Cancer Innovation. A transcript of the video can be found here. Read More