Advances in engineering blood cells, treating diabetes, regenerating joints, and growing organs

On May 31, 2018, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) faculty members shared their research updates at the Harvard Medical School (HMS) Alumni Reunion symposium. Their work showcased the breadth of research being conducted across the HSCI network, both at Harvard University and its...

HSCI, a network of the nation’s top stem cell and regenerative medicine researchers, gathers to exchange ideas and forge new collaborations to advance biomedical research.

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Zebrafish help solve an evolutionary puzzle, and may help make blood stem cell transplants safer

This still image, from an HHMI video about the work of the Zon laboratory, shows how blood ...

Adapted from a Boston Children's Hospital Vector blog post by Nancy Flieser

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New technique raises possibility of making all types of blood cells to treat disease

By Nancy Fliesler, Boston Children's Hospital Communications

Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital have, for the first time, generated blood-forming stem...

Bone marrow from a young boy diagnosed with Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) shows a reduced number of erythroid precursor cells. In this case, an unusual gene mutation in the hormone EPO was identified and found to cause the anemia. Photo courtesy...

^{Red blood cells were successfully made via induced pluripotent stem cells from a Diamond-Blackfan anemia patient. Image: Daley lab, Boston Children’s}

For first time, iPS cells flag potential drug for blood disease

By Nancy Fliesler 

Harvard Stem Cell...

Immature (undifferentiated) cells are on the left panel and cells that have differentiated in response to treatment with brequinar are on the right panel. Photo courtesy of Scadden Lab.

Simple compound could provide first new therapy for AML in four decades...

HSCI codirector David Scadden has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 

This year 391 members have been awarded this honor by AAAS because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. New Fellows will be...

Photo courtesy of Vionnie Yu, Scadden Lab. 

Color-labeling helps Harvard researchers track the development and behavior of individual cells

By Hannah Robbins

Harvard Stem Cell Institute...

Startup Magenta Therapeutics licences technologies from Harvard, MGH, and Boston Children's that could transform treatment of blood diseases and immune disorders

Harvard University has completed a license agreement with Magenta Therapeutics, a new startup company launched in Cambridge, for a portfolio of technologies with the potential to transform blood stem cell transplants from a “treatment of last resort” into a safer, more efficient therapy for patients with blood diseases...

Researchers from Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center have found...