A Medicine by Design team is working on reprogramming brain cells — a strategy that has demonstrated brain repair in animal models of stroke. "Think of it as a bespoke strategy for brain repair,” says Maryam Faiz, one of the team's researchers. Read more.
Stem cells can repair tissues and organs damaged by acute injury, genetic disease or the aging process. Freda Miller leads a team that is tackling the question of how to activate stem cells to repair the brain on demand. Read more.
A Medicine by Design team lead by Jeff Wrana aims to use organoids to gain unique insights into the human-specific aspects of signaling networks associated with conditions such as autism. Read more.
A project led by Cindi Morshead is investigating electrical stimulation's promise for neural repair through promoting neuroplasticity and facilitating neural regeneration. Read more.
An interdisciplinary team of scientists led by Molly Shoichet is working on a ground-breaking research project to restore vision using retinal stem cells. Read more.
