The Harvard Gazette

Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology

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Empty bio lab.

STEM takes a knee for reflection and reckoning

Departments shut labs, put down papers for a day to read, think, and discuss racial inequities and start devising concrete solutions in the fields

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DateJune 11, 2020June 12, 2020

Illustration of Scientist standing out with successful science experiment.

For new medicines, turn to pioneers

Most transformative medicines originate in curiosity-driven science, evidence says

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DateApril 25, 2018September 13, 2019

Through the lens of black health

Tania Fabo ’18 combines stem cell biology and health disparities in racial minorities

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DateApril 23, 2018May 24, 2018

Chad Cowan and Derrick Rossi (not pictured), associate professors in Harvard’s Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, have found a relatively new gene-editing process to create what could prove to be an effective technique for blocking HIV from invading and destroying patients’ immune systems.

A promising strategy against HIV

Harvard researchers genetically ‘edit’ human blood stem cells

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DateNovember 6, 2014September 12, 2019

Doug Melton, Harvard’s Xander University Professor, and his team announced that they have made a tremendous gain on the type 1 diabetes front. “We are now just one preclinical step away from the finish line,” he said.

Giant leap against diabetes

Ability to produce pancreatic beta cells from embryonic stem cells will allow researchers to push faster toward cure

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DateOctober 9, 2014June 13, 2019

“It’s been known for decades that cancer cells use energy differently than most cell types,” said Harvard Stem Cell Institute's David Scadden. “So we thought, maybe there are metabolism differences between blood stem cells and their immediate descendants. And are they so different from cancer that you might be able to manipulate energy sources with something that could have an effect on cancer and not harm normal cells?”

Undermining leukemia

Harvard, MIT team finds that killing cancer cells by disrupting their metabolism doesn’t harm normal cells

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DateSeptember 11, 2014March 22, 2019

Graduate student Sophie De Boer and professor Kevin Eggan discuss next steps following their finding of a promising new approach for developing a drug for treating ALS.

Progress against ALS

Harvard researchers identify a promising treatment

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DateAugust 6, 2014May 6, 2019

The Harvard Stem Cell Institute began with a group of about two dozen principal investigators in Harvard’s Schools and affiliated hospitals as a pragmatic solution to a political and funding problem and now is a world leader in the exploding field of stem cell biology.

A decade of breakthroughs

Harvard Stem Cell Institute, initially just an idea, quickly became a generator of scientific discoveries

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DateMay 29, 2014July 9, 2019

Turning science on its head

Harvard researchers offer new views of body’s insulating material

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DateApril 18, 2014May 6, 2019

Research by Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists shows that much lincRNA plays an important role in the genome, contrary to previously held beliefs. The research team includes Simona Lodato (from left), Loyal Goff, John Rinn, Paola Arlotta, and Martin Sauvageau.

‘Junk?’ Not so fast

Harvard scientists show that much lincRNA, which was believed useless, plays role in genome

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DateJanuary 22, 2014March 29, 2019

Newly created muscle progenitor cells (green) and muscle fibers (red) in a zebrafish embryo.

Clues on generating muscles

Human stem cell approach is aided by zebrafish research

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DateNovember 18, 2013March 22, 2019