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The Science Times recently featured a research study published by a team of Cedars-Sinai scientists, led by Clive Svendsen, PhD, director of the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute. The study, published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, details how the Cedars-Sinai resear ... Read more

Scientists can't make a living copy of your brain outside your body. That's the stuff of science fiction. But in a new study, they recreated a critical brain component, the blood-brain barrier, that functioned as it would in the individual who provided the cells to make it. Their achievement ... Read more

Cedars-Sinai has appointed Heather Renshaw Vucetin, a seasoned fundraising executive with two decades of experience in academic medicine, as vice president of Development. "Heather brings a combination of deep experience, great skill and composure to a position that is essential to Cedars-Si ... Read more

A new study provides critical insight into a little-known, yet relatively common, inherited neurological condition called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. The findings point to a pathway to possible treatments for this disease and better understanding of other neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzh ... Read more

United Press International (UPI), a leading provider of news, photos and information to readers around the world, recently wrote about a recent study co-authored by Helen Goodridge, PhD, associate professor of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Cedars-Sinai, that suggests transplanting the bone mar ... Read more

A new study has found that transplanting the bone marrow of young laboratory mice into old mice prevented cognitive decline in the old mice, preserving their memory and learning abilities. The findings support an emerging model that attributes cognitive decline, in part, to aging of blood cells, whi ... Read more

Reporter Nick Wilson from The Tribune in San Luis Obispo, California, recently interviewed Cedars-Sinai postdoctoral fellow Samuel Sances, PhD, about the dramatic diving accident that inspired Sances to enter medical research. In a front-page story, Sances, a graduate of San Luis Obispo High School, ... Read more

A special edition of National Geographic on "The Future of Medicine" highlights the innovative stem-cell science of Cedars-Sinai, showing how investigators are seeking to use stem cells and Organ-Chips to tailor personalized treatments for individual patients. The magazine devotes its c ... Read more

Thursday evening, hundreds of leaders in entertainment, business, healthcare and philanthropy came together for the 2018 Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Gala. The event raised nearly $1.6 million for the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute (RMI), led by Clive Svendsen, Ph ... Read more

A new method developed at Cedars-Sinai may revolutionize how severe injuries are treated by harnessing stem cells to regrow tissue damaged by major trauma, such as traffic accidents or war injuries. The new tissue-regeneration technique recently earned three Cedars-Sinai investigators grants from ... Read more