Last year, our grantees at Gladstone Institutes worked a neat trick: they converted the scar-forming cells of the heart directly into beating heart cells in living mice. (We wrote about that work here.)The cells they converted, also called fibroblasts, are the ones that create scar tissue in the heart after a heart attack. Their work … Continue reading Scar-forming cells in the heart converted directly into beating heart muscle
Day: August 26, 2013
Through their lens: Alexander Seutin learns how computer technology can help unlock secrets of blood cancers
This summer we're sponsoring high school interns in stem cell labs throughout California. We asked those students to contribute to our Instagram photos and YouTube videos about life in the lab, and write about their experiences.Alexander Seutin did a stem cell research internship this summer in the laboratory of Ravi Majeti at Stanford University.This summer I worked at the … Continue reading Through their lens: Alexander Seutin learns how computer technology can help unlock secrets of blood cancers
Through their lens: Anne McDermott works on better ways of culturing embryonic stem cells
This summer we're sponsoring high school interns in stem cell labs throughout California. We asked those students to contribute to our Instagram photos and YouTube videos about life in the lab, and write about their experiences.Anne McDermott did a stem cell research internship this summer in the laboratory of Jan Nolta at the University of California, Davis.My name is … Continue reading Through their lens: Anne McDermott works on better ways of culturing embryonic stem cells
The Stem Cellar 