Meet the Team
By Courtney Strasenburgh on
As part of our Meet the Team series, we introduce you to one of our fantastic community members. Meet Simone Kurial, a PhD candidate in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, working with Holger Willenbring, MD, PhD to better understand and translate mechanisms of hepatocyte…
Can a Leading Laboratory Unlock the Cause of Gastrointestinal Disease?
By Alisha Green on
This story is one in a series marking International Women and Girls in Science Day. Join us as we celebrate some laboratory leaders taking research to new heights.
Why Stem Cell Therapy Might Not Work for Older Patients
By Sarah C.P. Williams on
This story is one in a series marking International Women and Girls in Science Day. Join us as we celebrate some laboratory leaders taking research to new heights.
Can Lab-Grown Beta Cells Revolutionize Diabetes Care?
By Sarah C. P. Williams on
This story is one in a series marking International Women and Girls in Science Day. Join us as we celebrate some laboratory leaders taking research to new heights.
How Much Can We Control Our Own Fertility?
By Christina Hernandez Sherwood on
Nearly one in five American women experience infertility, meaning they’re unable to become pregnant after at least a year of trying to conceive, or six months if they’re age 35 or older.
Should they cut the caffeine? Or take up yoga to de-stress? An infertility diagnosis can lead some hopeful…
Researchers Receive High Honors for Outstanding Science Contributions
By Laura Kurtzman on
Three UC San Francisco researchers have been named 2022 fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which is the world’s largest general scientific society and publishes the influential Science family of journals.
Election to AAAS is one of the highest honors in…
Science Diversity Leadership Awards
By Courtney Strasenburgh on
Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD, received a Science Diversity Leadership Award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Her project, “Evolution of Neural Stem Cells in the Human Hippocampal Neurogenic Niche in Development and Disease,”…
Fetal Therapy Offers Hope for Patients with Rare Genetic Disorders
By Jessica Berthold on
Toddler Thrives with Same Disease That Ended Siblings’ Lives
When Zahid and Sobia Bashir discovered their fetus had the same genetic disease that took the lives of two of their young children, they didn’t hesitate to sign up for a promising but experimental new therapy.
“I found out (the therapy…
NYSCF Announces 2022 Class of NYSCF – Robertson Investigators
By The New York Stem Cell Foundation on
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) today announced the 2022 class of NYSCF – Robertson Investigators, welcoming six outstanding stem cell researchers and neuroscientists into the NYSCF Investigator Program.