^{Newly formed cochlear hair cells contain intricate hair bundles with many stereocilia (critical for sensing sound) and other components that are critical for proper function and neural transmission. Photo courtesy of Will McLean}

HSCI researchers developed a drug cocktail that...

Researchers at the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration with Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), have discovered a new way in which the development of lung cancer can be stopped. In a study published in Science Translational Medicine, the researchers found that inhibiting a protein called BMI1 impaired tumour growth in lung cancer.

The study was led by HSCI Principal Faculty member Daniel Tenen, MD, his associate Elena Levantini, PhD, and included first author Dr Kol Jia Yong, a former CSI...

by Haley Bridger, Brigham and Women's Hospital 

A collaborative Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) co-led team has found proof-of-concept evidence for a potential cancer treatment that...

HSCI researchers sampled biopsies from women participating in the Nurses' Health Study. In healthy breast tissue (pictured above), the percentage of cells expressing molecular...