Proteins that control energy use necessary to form stem cells
March 21, 2014 | Categories: Research |Findings advance efforts to reprogram mature cells for organ repair Two proteins that control how cells break down glucose play a key role in forming human stem cells, University of […] Read More
New cell line should accelerate embryonic stem cell research
March 10, 2014 | Categories: Research |These cells appear at the earliest stages of an embryo and can form all human cell types University of Washington researchers have created a line of human embryonic stem cells […] Read More
UW researchers developing patch for damaged hearts
February 14, 2014 | Categories: Research |Five million Americans are living with heart disease, heart failure and 715,000 will have a heart attack this year. Now researchers at the University of Washington are working on a […] Read More
Differing U.S. standards stymie stem-cell research
February 6, 2014 | Categories: Announcements |NIH, FDA policies appear to make most federally funded embryonic stem cell lines unsuitable for clinical use Since the discovery of human embryonic stem cells, scientists have had high hopes […] Read More
ISCRM's Dr. Ying Zheng honored by NIH for innovative biomedical research
September 30, 2013 | Categories: Announcements |The National Institutes of Health has awarded nearly 80 grants to scientists working in biomedical research as part of this year’s High Risk-High Reward program. Three University of Washington faculty members are […] Read More
UW researchers see work as step toward regenerating human heart
August 7, 2012 | Categories: Research |Two University of Washington scientists, using expertise in stem cells, cardiology, pathology, cell biology and the electrophysiology of the heart, are a step closer to their holy grail: regenerating a […] Read More
ISCRM Researchers Receive $4 Million LSDF Grant for Diabetes Stem Cell Research
September 1, 2011 | Categories: Announcements |ISCRM researchers are to receive $4 million in funding from the Washington State Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) to launch a new program for cell-based diabetes therapy. The program will […] Read More
ISCRM's Deok-Ho Kim receives Perkins Coie Award for Discovery
June 24, 2011 | Categories: Announcements |Deok-Ho Kim, UW assistant professor of bioengineering and a regenerative medicine researcher, has received the 2011 Perkins Coie Award for Discovery. Read the full story at UW Medicine Online News. Read More
ISCRM Researcher, Muneesh Tewari, awarded Presidential Early Career Award
December 3, 2010 | Categories: Announcements |Muneesh Tewari, UW assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Medical Oncology, is among 85 people selected by President Obama to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists […] Read More
ISCRM's Director, Randy Moon, featured in The Scientist
November 1, 2010 | Categories: Research |Randall Moon has looked to tadpoles and stem cells for clues about embryonic development and cell fate. Now he has his eye on turning biology into therapy. It was one of those […] Read More