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The ISSCR Announces New Lawrence Goldstein Science Policy Fellows
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The ISSCR Announces New Lawrence Goldstein Science Policy Fellows

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has appointed three new Goldstein Science Policy Fellows, Lizhong Liu, Ph.D., Westlake University, China, Kate MacDuffie, Ph.D., Seattle Children’s Research Institute, U.S.A., and Mubeen Goolam, Ph.D., University of Cape Town, South Africa. The fellows each have extensive interest in science policy and regulatory issues affecting stem cell science and will serve for three years beginning in June 2025.

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Researchers Develop Personalized Stem Cell Model ALS for Fast, Individualized Drug Testing
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Researchers Develop Personalized Stem Cell Model ALS for Fast, Individualized Drug Testing

In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), motor neurons that are required for muscle contractions die off, leading to progressive paralysis affecting most muscles of the body. The molecular causes of ALS are poorly understood, and effective treatments are missing.  

To study ALS in the lab, Hideyuki Okano and his colleagues from Keio University, Japan, developed a new method to make motor neurons from stem cells taken directly from ALS patients. The results were just published in the journal Stem Cell Reports.

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