Like Lou Gehrig, Sal Silva used to love feeling the impact of a ball against his bat before ALS relegated him to the sidelines. And like the scientists searching for cures and developing improved treatments for the debilitating disease, he refuses to give up. Read On
Regenerative Medicine
Putting Viruses to Work for a Good Cause
After enduring eons of suffering inflicted by viruses, humans are now employing these infective agents to do good work. That’s the mission of the new Viral Vector Core at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Regenerative Medicine Institute. Directed by Vaithi Arumugaswami, PhD, Read On
Scientists Serve Up Disease ‘in a Dish’
Huntington’s disease has eluded medical science—no cure or treatment exists to stop its fatal progression. A brand-new tool might change that: a model that allows scientists to test potential therapies directly on human cells. Scientists at Cedars-Sinai’s Regenerative Medicine Institute Read On
Vision Quest
A quick look at how adult stem cells can be used to treat major blinding eye diseases that afflict millions. Read On
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The Regenerative Medicine Institute has produced more than 40 human embryonic stem cell lines—20 of which are already part of the 135 lines in the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry. These lines are eligible for Read On
Lab Tour: Regenerative Medicine Institute
The Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute focuses on novel ways to regenerate organs and transplant stem cells for tissue repair. At the core of the Institute is a specialized facility dedicated to the production and study of induced pluripotent stem cells, Read On