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SCI faculty member develops functioning 3D-printed human heart pump

Researchers in Dr. Brenda Ogle’s lab at the University of Minnesota used a new sequence of techniques to 3D print a functioning centimeter-scale human heart pump.


SCI 20th Anniversary Event - Lunch & Learn

Join Minnesota stem cell scientists, legislators, and industry leaders in a discussion of the current state-of-the-art stem cell biology and stem cell therapeutics.
Stem Cell Institute at the University of Minnesota Medical School seeks new Director

The University of Minnesota Medical School seeks an innovative, driven leader to direct the school’s Stem Cell Institute (SCI).
SCI faculty member creates a cell line that can rapidly produce SARS CoV-2 spike proteins.

Wei-Shou Hu is working to create a cell line that can rapidly produce SARS CoV-2 spike proteins.
Two SCI Faculty members receive NIH grant to study neural cell transplantation to treat Alzheimer's Disease

Dr. Walter Low and Dr. Clifford Steer of the Stem Cell Institute just received confirmation of an NIH grant entitled "Generating Exogenic Hippocampal Neural Cells via Blastocyst Complementation for Transplantation in Alzheimer's Disease."