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“The Harvard Stem Cell Institute has energized our work because it provided an immediate exchange of information,” including “technical, procedural help with resources such as stem cell cultures and interactions with experts in fields where we were not experts,?...
In addition to providing physical resources to scientists, the institute also offers a forum for discussion. The institute hosts bi-monthly inter-lab meetings where faculty can present their recent work, according to Reeve.
But blazing the trail for such alliances is no easy task. Reeve says that the extent of the interdisciplinary collaboration that goes on through the institute is unique not only to Harvard, but also with regard to other institutions across the country.
But one of the biggest hurdles the institute faces is a lack of money, as many politicians oppose the use of public funds for stem cell research because of moral objections.
The institute currently relies solely on private funds because of the Bush administration’s decision that federal dollars could not go toward research done with stem cell lines created after August 2001.