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Engineered human tissue models have been proposed as a means to test the performance of medical devices and the impact of device intervention on tissue health and function.

Hurler's Syndrome is caused by a mutation in a gene (IDUA) that encodes an enzyme that is responsible for clearing cellular waste products, and hence prevents accumulation of toxic...

Walter Low, SCI faculty member, Ling Li, and Maxim Cheeran received a 5-year NIH grant to study the acute and long-term impact of SARS-CoV2 infection on cognitive function and neuropathology in...

Dr. Sarkar's biomedical engineering team has leveraged machine learning and high-throughput experiments to control the speed at which therapeutic cells respond to their environment.  Read the...

The Predoctoral Infuse Awards program was initiated by the Stem Cell Institute in May 2021. The program aims to create a community of PhD trainees and faculty who meet regularly to discuss...

For the period 2022 to 2024, eight Stem Cell Institute Faculty members have received Regenerative Medicine Minnesota research grants.

Catch up on recent news and published papers from the Stem Cell Institute members.

The UMN Stem Cell Institutes Automarion Lab's two robotic cell culture workstations are open to UMN researchers and to external customers.  Get details about a recent project...

After two years residency in the Stem Cell Institute Business Incubator, a service providing laboratory space and infrastructure for early-stage stem cell and regenerative medicine businesses,...

Students new to the Stem Cell Biology Master's Program share what drew them to the program and how it fits into their future goals. Learn more about them and see what graduates of...

Dr. Rivera-Mulia's funded research project will focus on  "A multi-omics approach for the identification of species-specific developmental states and speed during interspecies...

Regenerative Medicine Minnesota has announced the grants awarded for 2022 to 2024 and the list of grantees includes Elizabeth Bradley, PhD who is a member of the...

When a research team led by Stem Cell Institute Faculty member Tim O’Brien, PhD and Beth Lindborg found that they could generate hyaline cartilage cells from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs),...

Stem Cell Institute faculty member, Jop van Berlo, MD, PhD collaborated with Xavier Revelo, PhD to study the role of macrophages in protecting the heart after injury.

SCI Researchers have developed a cryopreservation strategy that yields highly viable and functional sensory nerve cells.

Dr. Walter Low receives 2021 Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award from American Society for Neural Therapy & Repair.

Perlingeiro lab uses gene editing to correct mutations in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) generated from patients with muscular dystrophy.

Study shows that circadian timing is a significant factor for effective muscle cell differentiation and regeneration.

Tolar lab shows in mouse studies that mesenchymal stromal cells could treat diseases involving chronic tissue injury.

 Provenzano lab engineered immune cells to fight malignant tumors. The study shows how engineered immune cells used in new cancer therapies can overcome physical barriers...