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...Harvard lab takes stem cells from human embryos and substitutes them for brain cells that have died because of Parkinson’s disease. Another tries to make stem cells from skin cells...
...information,” including “technical, procedural help with resources such as stem cell cultures and interactions with experts in fields where we were not experts,” says Ole S. Isacson, a professor of neurology at the Medical School. Isacson’s lab, which is affiliated with the institute, uses embryonic stem cells as substitute neurons for cells that have died in brains afflicted with Parkinson?...
...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...
...with this new model, researchers within HSCI have been successful. Albert Edge, an associate professor of otology and laryngology at the Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, says that his lab has been able to show in animal models that the auditory nerve can be replaced with embryonic stem cells—provided by HSCI—in order to correct deafness and hearing loss...
...Accordingly, equipment, personnel, and projects funded by federal money must be kept painstakingly separate from that which HSCI funds. Colored stickers are often used to designate which objects in a lab researchers can use for which projects, Reeve says...