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Stem Cell Transplant Clears Clinical Safety Hurdle for the Treatment of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Wet AMD in its early stages can be treated with drugs to reduce the formation of new blood vessels, but this treatment is inefficient in cases where blood vessel formation is already in its advanced stages. A new, alternative treatment for those patients may be surgical removal of the abnormal blood vessels followed by the transplantation of stem cell-derived retinal cells, according to a recent study led by Yong Liu and colleagues from Third Military Medical University Southwest Hospital, China, published in the journal Stem Cell Reports.
Yonatan Stelzer Earns the 2025 ISSCR Outstanding Young Investigator Award
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is honoring Yonatan Stelzer, Ph.D. with the 2025 ISSCR Outstanding Young Investigator Award. Dr. Selzer is an associate professor in the Department of Molecular Cell Biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
Paola Arlotta Receives the 2025 ISSCR Momentum Award
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is honoring Paola Arlotta, Ph.D., with this year’s ISSCR Momentum Award. Dr. Arlotta is the Golub Family Professor of the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University and an Institute member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. She will present her research during the ISSCR 2025 Annual Meeting in Hong Kong taking place 11-14 June 2025.
Gordon Keller Receives the 2025 ISSCR Achievement Award for his Seminal Work in Regenerative Medicine
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is honoring Gordon Keller, Ph.D., with this year’s ISSCR Achievement Award. Dr. Keller is the Director of the McEwen Stem Cell Institute at the University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, Canada. He will present his research at the ISSCR 2025 Annual Meeting taking place in Hong Kong 11-14 June 2025.
The ISSCR to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of iPSC Discovery in Kyoto, Japan
International Symposium Chaired by Nobel Laureate Shinya Yamanaka to be Held in October 2026
World-renowned stem cell scientists will gather in Kyoto, Japan for the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) International Symposium, 20 Years of iPSC Discovery: A Celebration and Vision for the Future. Professor Shinya Yamanaka, who earned the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his breakthrough iPSC discovery, is leading the scientific program for the historic event.
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