Stem Cell Collective

Dr. Christina Kim, from the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, and Dr. Xiaolei Ding, from the Department of Dermatology at the University of Cologne, showed that Rictor, a protein that helps to regulate the growth, energy, and oxygen consumption of cells, plays a key role in cellular metabolism and longevity of hair follicle stem cells.

David Chen and Josephine Wu are PhD students in The Laboratory for Stem Cells and Functional Tissue Engineering at Columbia University. They have sought a better way to treat temporomandibular joint by constructing a personalized replacement using the recipient’s fat-derived cells.

This special episode reviews recent clinical applications and current challenges of mesenchymal stem cell therapy for SARS-CoV-2.

Dr. Songtao Shi of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine led a successful Phase 1 clinical trial using human dental pulp stem cells extracted from baby teeth to regenerate dental pulp.

Drs. Y. Itoh and J. I. Sasaki from Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry show promise for regeneration of pulpal tissue in pulpless tooth by using 3D DPSC constructs with self-organizing abilities.

Drs. Irina and Michael Conboy, from the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley, are helping to develop next generation apheresis as a way to dilute pro-aging factors in blood.

Dr. Vittorio Sebastiano is an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. His lab induced old human cells to return to a more youthful and vigorous state by expressing proteins used to make induced pluripotent cells.