Stanford University School of Medicine
265 Campus Drive, 3rd Floor
Stanford, CA 94305
(650) 736-8325
www.stemcell.stanford.edu
The Institute was established to build on Stanford’s leadership in stem cell science and to help create the foundations for the new field of regenerative medicine. The Institute is devoted to exploring how stem cells are created, the mechanisms by which they are regulated, and how they devolve into specialized cells. The ultimate goal is to translate this knowledge into dramatic new medical therapies for some of the world’s most intractable diseases. The Institute is also dedicated to training the next generation of stem cell researchers, and foster collaboration between basic scientists, clinical researchers, medical care providers, biomedical engineers, and business leaders.
Established: 2002
Director: Dr. Irving Weissmen
Dr. Weissman is a renowned stem cell researcher. He and his wife Dr. Ann Tsukamoto are credited with the discovery of the blood forming stem cell; Dr. Weissman became the first to isolate the hematopoietic stem cell in mice in 1988, and later isolated the human neuronal stem cell, the human hematopoietic stem cell, and the human leukemia stem cell.