Highlights New York State Releases New NYSTEM RFAs NYSTEM (New York Stem Cell Science), on behalf of the Empire State Stem Cell Board recently, announced the 2020 release of the Request for Applications (RFA). Approximately $50 million is available to support about 70 awards. Congratulations to scientists and advocates who have worked hard to raise… Read More
Highlights Albany Medical College and Microleads to Launch Clinical Study on Precision Neuromodulation Therapy Micro-Leads Medical, Inc., a clinical neurostimulation startup developing a high-resolution spinal cord stimulation therapy for treating chronic focal pain without opioids, announced that it was awarded $10 million in therapy development funding. With the funding Micro-Leads will further develop its HD64TM implantable therapy… Read More
By Antwan Lewis Published 10/30/2019 NYU stem cell research Stem cells need a “home” to survive. That home is called a niche. Researchers at NYU Langone study special properties of stem cells and the impact they can have in treating diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, various cancers, and others. ——- NEW YORK – Stem cells need… Read More
Researchers to educate the public with Stem Cell Awareness Day For more than 15 years, Doctor Eric Bouhassira and his team have been researching stem cells at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. They say their mission is to use stem cells to create new red blood cells. According to Dr. Bouhassira, the red blood cells could… Read More
Highlights New York Medical College Team of Tick-Experts May Have Revolutionized Treatment of Babesiosis A team of nationally recognized tick-experts at New York Medical College (NYMC) made strides in the fight against the tick-borne illness Babesiosis, discovering the drug Tafenoquine may be extremely effective against Babesiosis. Prevalent in New York State and found throughout the… Read More
Richard M. Gronostajski PhD Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Professor of Biochemistry Director of the Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics Graduate Program Director, Western New York Stem Cell Culture and Analysis Center (WNYSTEM) The biology of adult neural stem cells is like a black box. While these stem cells have the ability to make… Read More
Dr. Saghi Ghaffari, MD, PhD Professor of Cell, Developmental & Regenerative Biology Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Dr. Saghi Ghaffari received her first NYSTEM (New York Stem Cell Science Program) award in 2008, when she was working with embryonic stem cells to identify factors that might regulate the cells’ pluripotent properties (their ability… Read More
Dimitris G. Placantonakis, MD, PhD NYU School of Medicine Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery Director Neurosurgical Laboratory for Stem Cell Research Dr. Dimitris G. Placantonakis is a physician-scientist—he both removes and researches a specific type of brain tumor, called low-grade gliomas. There are an estimated 20,000 cases of gliomas every year in the U.S., up… Read More
Highlights Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: Five Stem Cell Projects Funded by NYSTEM Five projects led by researchers at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons have been funded by the New York State Stem Cell Science program (NYSTEM) through Investigator Initiated Research Projects and Innovative, Developmental or Exploratory Activities… Read More
Erika Bach, PhD NYU School of Medicine, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Stem cells are often considered the future of medicine, but much is still unknown about how they work. That’s why Dr. Erika Bach and her team are closely studying basic, universal properties of stem cells. They are working to identify the… Read More
