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Welcome to HSCI StemCenter

The Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) unites scientists at Harvard and its affiliated hospitals with the shared goal of advancing stem cell research to treat injury and disease and the analysis of related political, legal, and ethical issues. The HSCI StemCenter publishes StemBook which provides current, peer-reviewed chapters on topics related to stem cell biology; as well as timely perspectives, interviews, and news. It serves as a resource for the stem cell research community, educators, and the interested non-specialist as well as a tool to foster discussion and build community among its readers. The Stem Center also provides links to useful biological resources such as genes, antibodies and protocols; links to key events and ability to discuss about them.

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StemBook is a comprehensive, open-access collection of original, peer-reviewed chapters covering topics related to Stem Cell Biology. Read More

Cellular and nuclear reprogramming
Genomics and proteomics
Renewal
Ectoderm specification and differentiation
Germ cell and somatic stem cell biology in reproduction
Stem cell immunology
Endoderm specification and differentiation
Mesoderm specification and differentiation
Therapeutic prospects
Epigenetics
Niche biology, homing, and migration
Tissue engineering

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Pancreatic stem cells

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Human cardiac master stem cells identified

News, Harvard Science 30 June 2009

Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified the earliest master human heart stem cell from human embryonic stem cells - ISL1+ progenitors - that give rise to a family of cells that form the essential portions of the human heart.
The discovery, by a group led by Kenneth Chien, director of both HSCI's Cardiovascular Disease Program and the MGH Cardiovascular Research Center, is particularly important because the cells were found in regions of the heart known as hot spots for congenital heart disease. To read more, click here

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