departmentDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
The Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology (SCRB) was established in April 2007 as the first cross-school department located in both the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and Harvard Medical School (HMS). At present, the founding faculty consists of 15 faculty members from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Children’s Hospital Boston, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Joslin Diabetes Center.
The department's subject area is the study of the development, maintenance and repair of vertebrate tissues. How organisms, including humans, develop from a fertilized egg, maintain tissues in the adult body and repair dysfunctional or damaged tissue is a broad subject to be addressed using the approaches of developmental biology, regenerative medicine and aspects of tissue engineering. Emphasis will be placed on using these aspects of biology to inform the understanding of human diseases.
Affiliation: Harvard Medical School and Faculty of Arts and SciencesWeb site: Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Recent articles about Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
From stem cells to functioning strip of heart muscle (October 15, 2009)Researchers Take Another Stem Cell Step (ABC News/Reuter, October 8, 2009)
Three Harvard teams to receive $9 million each in federal funding for stem cell research (October 8, 2009)
Harvard team reports major step forward in cell reprogramming (October 8, 2009)
NIH funds risky, potentially transformative research by Harvard faculty members (September 24, 2009)
New steps forward in cell reprogramming (August 9, 2009)
First molecular steps to childhood leukemia identified (July 15, 2009)
Harvard researchers react to new embryonic stem cell guidelines (The Scientist, July 7, 2009)
Scientists find master heart cell - Harvard discovery gives new tools for drug development (Boston Globe, July 2, 2009)
Human cardiac master stem cells identified (July 1, 2009)
Massachusetts Lt. Governor tours Harvard research facilities (June 26, 2009)
Safer stem cells for therapy (June 26, 2009)
Doug Melton discusses stem cell research with Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose Show, May 6, 2009)
Five at Harvard named HHMI Early Career Scientists; (March 26, 2009)
Mechanism directing stem cells to their destination identified; (March 25, 2009)
What the stem cell ban means to one scientist (Forbes.com, March 10, 2009)
Faculty approves undergraduate concentration in human developmental, regenerative biology (March 10, 2009)
HSCI's David Scadden in live chat on Washingtonpost.com (Washington Post, March 9, 2009)
Harvard scientists praise lifting of stem cell restrictions (March 9, 2009)
Science, engineering programs advancing (February 18, 2009)
