Modeling Human Disease Using Embryonic Stem Cells

Drs. Hansis, Aifantis, Lehmann and Grifo

December 07, 2009

The 2009 NYU Langone Medical Center Research Report focuses on transformative science at the Medical Center. Two doctors from the NYU Fertility Center, Jamie Grifo, MD, PhD and Chris Hansis, MD, PhD are part of a team working to model human disease using embryonic stem cells. Having a disease model is essential to developing new approaches to diseases that are often incurable or fatal. Read the article, Fruit Flies, Blank Slates, and Incurable Diseases.

2009 Research Report - NYU Langone Medical Center

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