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Member Spotlight: Jian Shu, PhD
Decoding the biological "languages" underlying genetic and cellular states remains a major challenge — we aim to build a "Google Translate" to translate and predict different languages in biology.
Exercise Enhances Stem Cell Transplant Function in Parkinson’s Disease
A research team led by Clare Parish from The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (in Melbourne) and Lachlan Thompson from the University of Sydney, Australia has now tested whether exercise enhances transplant function in PD rats. In their study, rats received a stem cell-derived transplant to replace lost dopaminergic neurons and some of the rats were given free access to a running wheel. Their work was recently published in Stem Cell Reports.
New Clues to Boosting Liver Regeneration After Acetaminophen Injury
Tomomi Aoyagi and colleagues from Kyushu University, Japan, studied the behavior of single cells in the mouse liver after acetaminophen injury and noticed that regeneration likely originated from a specific type of cell. The work was recently published in Stem Cell Reports.
New Stem Cell Model of Faulty Alpha Cells that Regulate Blood Sugar in Diabetes
Recently, Quinn Peterson and colleagues from Mayo Clinic, USA, discovered a method for making human alpha cells from cultures of immature stem cells. This work was recently published in Stem Cell Reports.
The ISSCR Signals Concerns About Dangerous and Devastating Cuts to HHS in President Trump’s Draft FY 2026 Budget
The ISSCR joined with more than 500 health and research coalitions and organizations to express concern regarding the Administration’s draft (now proposed) Fiscal Year 2026 budget for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that proposes a nearly 40% cut to the National Institutes of Health.
In a letter sent to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Related Agencies, signatories stressed that the proposed FY 2026 budget would cut about one-third of the agency’s discretionary spending and effectively devastate the nation’s research, scientific, and public health infrastructure. Characterized as dangerous and devastating, the budget proposal would put the nation’s health and security at risk.
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