Media Mentions 2008

November 2008

11/1/08 Harvard Magazine prints a review of recent breakthroughs by HSCI scientists.

October 2008

10/21/08 HSCI Co-Director Douglas Melton and postdoctoral fellow Danwei Huangfu discover a chemical that can be used in place of two cancer genes to transform an adult cell into an induced pluripotent stem cell.
Featured: Harvard Gazette, Reuters

August 2008

8/29/08 In a scientific first, Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers directly reprogram one type of cell into another, reports Science Magazine.

June 2008

6/8/08 Nature Reports Stem Cells has a Q&A about 'stemness' with HSCI Executive Committee member Leonard Zon.