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Columbia University launches multi-year campaign to support stem cell research

skin, and heart. Beyond replacement therapy, the use of stem cells as a research tool will lead to new insights regarding mechanisms that control the onset and progression of disease. Stem cells will also be useful as targets in drug discovery. Current stem cell research projects at CUMC include:

  • Examining the development, function and survival of dopamine neurons, which are lost in patients with Parkinson's disease, focusing on developing replacement cells or a model for investigation of genetic forms of the disease
  • Developing an experimental procedure that expands the use of umbilical cord blood in transplantation for childhood leukemia and solid tumor patients
  • Implanting stem cells that turn into insulin-producing cells to fight the growing epidemic of diabetes
  • Studying the biology of stem cells that produce new neurons in the normal adult mammalian brain as a key to understanding brain repair and neural pathologies.
  • Generating specific spinal and brain nerve cells from embryonic stem cells
  • Developing potential new cancer remedies

    "In the last several years scientists have managed to unlock many of the secrets behind stem cells and their remarkable ability to develop into different kinds of cells, but there is still much to learn," said Asa Abeliovich, M.D., Ph.D., whose research is focused on developing stem cells to replace dopamine neurons lost in Parkinson's disease or models to mimic the degeneration process. "The resources provided by Columbia's stem cell initiative will help us answer those questions and translate this research into practical applications for many our most devastating diseases."

    The initial $50 million for the Columbia Stem Cell Initiative will enable Columbia to outfit a new stem cell center, construct a state-of-the-art facility to produce cells for experimental and therapeutic use, and establish a separate laboratory dedicated to growing new human embryonic stem cel
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    • Contact: Craig LeMoult
    cel2113@columbia.edu
    212-305-0820
    Columbia University Medical Center
    15-Jun-2005


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