Stem Cell Program

每天，波士顿儿童医院的医务人员和研究人员都目睹了白血病，糖尿病，镰状细胞贫血和心脏病等疾病的毁灭性影响他们治疗的儿童的生命。每天，我们都看到非常小的患者争夺非常大的战斗只是为了活着。我们看到幼儿在血液输送单位中花费的日子，而不是在操场上，以及生活的限制性治疗方案以及他们未来承诺的知识不确定。为他们，以及他们的家人，希望非常简单：请为我们的疾病寻找治愈方法。

Our patients’ health and a future filled with promise are what drive the researchers, faculty and staff of the Stem Cell Program at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Our mission

This program’s sole mission is to explore, understand, and translate the promise of stem cells into effective clinical therapies and treatments. Itsleadershave developed a three-pronged strategy to fulfill this charge:

1. 开发用于创建定制干细胞的基本方法，其可以变成体内的任何组织。
2. 将这些方法应用于最有可能产生第一个突破性处理的疾病。白血病等血液疾病可能是首先因为科学沿着它们以及携带细胞的方法，血液干细胞移植的方法很好。这些障碍是该计划的主要关注点，但其IPS细胞研究的主要进展使得能够更快地扩张其他疾病而不是预期的速度。密集研究现在侧重于雄性癌症，肝病和罕见的条件，揭示更常见的疾病。
3. 制作IPS细胞和此处开发的其他技术可用于全球同事，因此在广泛的障碍方面取得速度。

What are stem cells?

Stem cells are single cells with two unique qualities: they can make endless copies of themselves, and they can mature into a variety of specialized cells. These qualities make stem cells promising tools in medicine, allowing patients to receive needed cells or tissues, or have diseased cells or tissues replaced with healthy ones. Grown in the lab, genetically repaired if needed, and coaxed to become a specific tissue, stem cells allow doctors to patch a scarred heart, reawaken damaged nerves or reboot an immune system incapable of fighting infection. Stem cells are invaluable to scientists in understanding human disease.

Equity and inclusion

The Stem Cell Program at Boston Children’s Hospital is committed to upholding Boston Children’s Declaration on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity. We are committed to encouraging and growing the program’s diversity and inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity and experience within our program. We are steadfast in building our diversity and cultivating researchers and scientists who advocate for our mission and are models to the hospital and research community.