10.17.2013 Joshua Hare Wins Grant to Take Stem Cell Experiments to Space Through his groundbreaking research that showed stem cell therapies repair damaged hearts, the Miller Schools Chief Science Officer Joshua Hare, M.D., already shattered the earthly view that heart muscle cannot rejuvenate. Now, armed with a new grant from the organization that manages research aboard the International Space Station, Hare is ready to expand his stem cell therapy research to the final frontier outer space. Hare, the founding director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute and the Louis Lemberg Professor of Medicine, is among seven stem cell researchers across the nation who this week were awarded up to $300,000 each for the opportunity to use the space stations unique environment to explore the impact of microgravity on fundamental stem cell properties. We believe that microgravity could play an important role in generating new heart muscle, Hare said. We are thrilled that this grant gives us the opportunity to test that theory. Until NASA certifies Hares CASIS proposal, The Effects of Modeled Microgravity on c-kit+ Cardiac Stem Cell Division and Differentiation, as flight-capable, he and his team will conduct ground-based experiments comparing c-kit+ cardiac stem cells cultured in normal gravity … Continue reading →

healthsection Health Topics A-Z Healthy Living Featured Conditions eHow Now eHow Health Conditions & Treatments Brain & Nervous System Stem Cell Experiments Garrett Daun Garrett Daun started writing professionally in 1993. Daun has extensive training in meditation, rock climbing, yoga, martial arts, exercise and massage therapy. His work has appeared in "The Squealor," the "Earth First! Journal" and on numerous websites. Daun earned a Bachelor of Arts in religious studies and creative writing from the University of Oregon. He is a yoga and Radical Undoing trainer. On March 9, 2009, the Bush Administration policy restricting federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research was overturned by Barack Obama in the name of easing human suffering. Stem cell research using induced pluripotent stems cells cloned from cells obtained from adult skin and donated embryonic stem cells continues to gain funding and attention from major researchers and funding foundations around the world. Stem cells have the ability to become tissue cells in various different organs of the body. Under certain conditions, stem cells can be induced to repair and replace damaged cells and tissues in various diseases and injuries. Embryonic stem cells were first isolated in mice by researchers at the University … Continue reading →