The primary goals of this project are to restore immune homeostasis that allows islet beta cell survival and regeneration as a cure for Type 1…
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Brian Fife, PhD
2016-2018
John C. Burnett, Jr, MD
Our goal is to establish that the use of a novel Mayo Clinic engineered peptide will serve as an innovative cell-free peptide therapeutic…
2016-2018
Jonathan S. Marchant, PhD
There is a key need to generate new drug treatments for neurodegenerative diseases that stop disease progression rather than just mask symptoms. In…
2016-2018
Bruce Blazar, MD
Bone marrow transplants (BMTs) help thousands of patients with various diseases and cancers, such as leukemia and lymphoma. Patients receive…
2016-2018
Tami Limberg, Nick Beermann
One of the challenges currently facing high school science teachers is engaging students in lab experiments and promoting the self-confidence…
2015-2016
Peter Grahn
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Project progress in September 2018
Spinal cord injuries are often life-altering, permanently…
2015-2016
Dr. Alessandro Magli, PhD
Scientists in recent years have developed processes that allow them to generate cells from a specific type of stem cell. In order to do this,…
2015-2016
Nidhi Jalan-Sakrikar, PhD; Robert C. Huebert
Cholangiocytes are the specialized cells that line the bile ducts within the liver. These cells are the target of a group of liver diseases, known…
2015-2016
Saranya P. Wyles; Timothy J. Nelson
Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Approximately 750,000 Americans currently live with dilated…
2015-2016
Matthew Wheelwright; Joseph M. Metzger
Recent technology has made it possible to transform human skin cells into stem cells under laboratory conditions and transform the stem cells into…
2015-2016
Joseph P. Voth; Walter Low, PhD
Degenerative disorders cause specific types of cells in the human body to either die or stop functioning, leading to a wide range of symptoms in…
2015-2016
Anja Cucak, Dr. Michael Kyba, PhD
Muscular dystrophy is a disease where mutations in genes interfere with the production of proteins that form healthy muscle. This leads to a…
2015-2016