By Bekah McBride Lab-grown human heart cells provide a powerful tool to understand and potentially treat heart disease. However, the methods to produce human heart cells from pluripotent stem cells are not optimal. Fortunately, a …
Month: June 2022
SCRMC researchers uncover how stem cell-derived photoreceptors reach their targets
A new study investigating the growth of photoreceptors may have implications for the treatment of retinal diseases that cause blindness. The study, published in Cell Reports, was led by Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (SCRMC) …
Jacques Galipeau named president of the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy
By Bekah McBride Increasing place of care manufacturing and deployment of cell therapies is a core mission for Jacques Galipeau, MD, who was recently named president of the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy …
Team of SCRMC researchers awarded Research Forward grant
A team of Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center (SCRMC) researchers will investigate cell therapy as a treatment for brain disorders, injuries, and aging thanks to a Research Forward grant.
Clinical Hematopoietic Cell Processing Laboratory achieves more than minimal manipulation accreditation from FACT
Peiman Hematti, MD, is the director of Clinical Hematopoietic Cell Processing Laboratory at UW-Madison. Much of his research is aimed at improving post-transplant immunological complications, such as graft-versus-host disease. But Hematti and his team are …