Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research

Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building

Dolby Building featured in The New Yorker Magazine

Introduction

Welcome, to the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF, one of the largest and most comprehensive programs of its kind in the United States.

In some 125 labs, scientists are carrying out studies in cell culture and animals aimed at understanding and developing treatment strategies for such conditions as heart disease, diabetes, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease, spinal cord injury and cancer. (read more)

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Collaborative Spirit

The Road to a Cure

In searching for a cure for diabetes, researchers from UCSF and their partners at ViaCyte, a San Diego biotechnology company, have already cleared some large hurdles. read more

Addressing the Data Bottleneck

In an age of tremendous biological discoveries, where stem cells may ultimately prove useful as therapies for many diseases, a quiet mathematician and physicist is emerging as a key player. read more

From Worms to Blood Stem Cells

The simple worm piqued the budding young scientist’s interest in developmental biology. “I loved it,” he says.

Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD, followed that passion through fellowships and into work with blood stem cells. read more

Seeking Balance in the Brain

Some signals in the brain inhibit action, and some spark or excite it. A balance of those two impulses is critical to healthy brain function – and an imbalance lies beneath many of the most common brain problems such as epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and traumatic injuries... read more

A Team for an Ambitious Project

Stem cells have an innate attraction to tumor cells. If genetically engineered to produce proteins with anti-tumor activity, they could serve as tumor-killing assassins. read more

Overcoming a Vexing Barrier

Researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF are tackling monumental problems – cures for diseases as pernicious as Parkinson’s disease and brain tumors. Yet a vexing barrier to those would-be cures doesn’t. read more

Research Pipelines

Cardiology

The Center's organization is designed to foster collaborations derived from work on different organs and tissue systems. Accordingly, the laboratories and research efforts are organized along a series of pipelines, each focusing on a particular tissue or organ system...

Faculty Spotlight

Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD

UCSF’s Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD, has received the 2011 Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the International Society for Stem Cell Research, for his pioneering research on the role of molecular tools known as microRNAs in embryonic stem cells and cancer.

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Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building

Dolby Building featured in The New Yorker Magazine

Introduction

Collaborative Spirit

The Road to a Cure

Addressing the Data Bottleneck

From Worms to Blood Stem Cells

Seeking Balance in the Brain

A Team for an Ambitious Project

Overcoming a Vexing Barrier

Research Pipelines

Cardiology

Faculty Spotlight

Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD

News

UCSF and Gladstone Celebrate Shinya Yamanaka's Nobel Prize in Medicine

Neural Stem Cell Study Arose from Culture of Collaboration That Drives Clinical Innovation

Upcoming Events

06.11.13

Stem Cell Journal Club

12:00 pm, Location TBD

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Summer Break - Next Workshop 09.03.13

Stem Cell Workshop

12:00 pm, Location TBD

Vicki Plaks - Werb Lab

Monica LaMonica - Kriegstein Lab