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New York State Stem Cell Science

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works to further the agenda of the Empire State Stem Cell Board, whose mission is to foster a strong stem cell research community in New York State and to accelerate the growth of scientific knowledge about stem cell biology and the development of therapies and diagnostic methods under the highest ethical, scientific, and medical standards for the purpose of alleviating disease and improving human health.

Mouse prostate stem cells have the capacity to form spheres in vitro containing basal epithelial cells (cytokeratin 5 - green) and luminal epithelial...

2013 Annual Meeting

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Program News

Jianlong Wang, Ph.D., and colleagues report that NANOG aids in reprogramming to establish...
Investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering use genetic engineering of T-cells to target cancerous B-...
Drs. Alex Nikitin and Grigori Enikolopov identify a stem cell niche in ovarian epithelium that is...
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Board Activities

ESSCB Statement Regarding the Conduct of Human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESC) Research Involving Chimeras

On November 14, 2011, the ESSCB Funding Committee voted to adopt a Statement Regarding the Conduct of Human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESC) Research...

ESSCB Statement on the Compensation of Oocyte Donors

June 11, 2009 -- The ESSCB adopted a resolution regarding the compensation of women donating oocytes solely for research purposes and issued a...

ESSCB Board Comments on NIH Draft Guidelines

May 26, 2009 -- The Empire State Stem Cell Board today submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health on NIH's Draft Guidelines for Human...

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Meetings

NYSTEM 2013: COLLABORATION & RENEWAL

May 22 & 23 -- NYSTEM’s 5th Annual Meeting is a one and one-half day event that features some of New York's leading stem cell researchers, includes a keynote address by Clive Svendsen, from the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, plus plenary and poster sessions.  In addition to invited speakers, other speakers will be selected from the submitted abstracts.