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Human embryos often fail to cope with high levels of replication stress early in development. Their failure not only impairs fertility treatment but may have long-ranging impacts on our health.
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Understanding what drives gut stem cells to work nonstop may reveal how idle stem cells elsewhere can be revved up to repair hearts, lungs, and brains. But are scientists studying the right cells?
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A 24-hour fast followed by feeding rejuvenates the blood-forming stem cells in old mice, a finding that may lead to new ways to help people live healthier lives as they age.
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A new study reveals how bone marrow stem cell niche generation is regulated, which could lead to improvements in stem cell transplantation for the treatment of blood diseases.
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- February 7, 2013
CUMC’s Christopher Henderson, PhD will serve as scientific director.
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- December 20, 2012
Two Treatments for RP Closer to Clinical Trials
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- December 19, 2012
A team of scientists from The New York Stem Cell Foundation Laboratory and CUMC has developed a technique that may prevent the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases in children.
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Wall Street Journal VideoSeptember 18, 2012Features Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic's bioengineering research into new ways to build replacement body parts using a patient's own cells.
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The Wall Street JournalSeptember 18, 2012CUMC researchers are working on ways to print living human tissue -- to one day produce personalized body parts & implants on demand.
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- September 13, 2012
Personalized stem cell transplants for age-related macular degeneration may reach clinical trials soon.
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- July 24, 2012
Columbia has received NIH funding to create 3-D chips with living cells & tissues that model the structure & function of organs.
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- April 22, 2012
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified a molecular pathway that controls the retention and release of the brain’s stem cells.
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- June 28, 2011
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