The Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology (SCRB) is the first cross-school department located in both the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Medical School. The Department's focus is the development, maintenance and repair of vertebrate tissues. Emphasis is placed on using these aspects of biology to inform the understanding of human diseases.

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An isolated corticospinal motor neuron allowed to differentiate in vitro. more

Single (quiescent) HSC (white) observed in the bone marrow cavity 2 days after transplant (blue:bone, green: osteoblasts, red: vasculature). While right after transplant most... more

A group of cells originated from a transplanted HSC (white) observed in the bone marrow cavity 2 days following the transplant (blue:bone, green: osteoblasts, red: vasculature).... more

Adult skeletal muscle precursor cells (Wagers Lab)

Interns in the HSCI Internship Program

3D model obtained from a Z-stack of images showing osteoblasts (green) loosely covering the endosteal surface (blue, the endosteum is the internal surface of the bone, delimiting... more

For most tissues in the body it is not known whether growth and replenishment is achieved by adult stem cells or by the proliferation of pre-existing differentiated cells. This is... more

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