ISCRM takes science roadshow to Mill Creek Middle School
April 7, 2016 | Categories: Announcements |Scientists and doctors from the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine at the University of Washington brought their labs to the Kent school on March 31 to show students […] Read More
Changes in metabolites can regulate earliest stages of development
November 16, 2015 | Categories: Research |Changes in cellular metabolites have been shown to regulate embryonic stem cell development at the earliest stages of life. Metabolites are simple compounds generated during life-sustaining chemical activities in cells. […] Read More
Struggling to save black rhinos, scientists are crowdfunding to preserve their DNA
July 13, 2015 | Categories: Research |Ntombi is a six-year-old black rhino from South Africa, one of around 5,000 black rhinos left in the wild. She’s also the starting point for what a team of scientists hope to […] Read More
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
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
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
Dr. Chuck Murry elected as American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow
November 26, 2013 | Categories: Announcements |Five University of Washington researchers are among 388 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Election as a fellow of AAAS is an honor bestowed upon members by […] 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