Dr. Raphael Lis

Molecular Sleuthing Identifies and Corrects Major Flaws in Blood-Brain Barrier Model Derived from Pluripotent Stem Cells

February 4, 2021

A type of cell derived from human stem cells that has been widely used for brain research and drug development may have been leading researchers astray for years, according to a study from scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

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Dr. David Redmond, Dr. Raphael Lis, Regenerative Medicine, News from WCM

Awards & Honors

Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine (second from left), and Larry Schlossman, managing director of BioPharma Alliances and Research Collaborations at Weill Cornell Medicine (first from left), join the winners of the Daedalus Fund for Innovation. From third from left: Dr. Shahin Rafii, Dr. Matthew Greenblatt, Dr. Lew Cantley, Dr. Julie Blander, Dr. Juan Cubillos-Ruiz, Dr. Peter Goldstein, Dr. Barbara Hempstead and Dr. Steven Lipkin.

Daedalus Fund Supports Eight Investigators

November 6, 2018

Eight Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members have been selected for the fifth round of the Daedalus Fund for Innovation awards, a pioneering institutional program that helps advance promising applied and translational research projects and emerging technologies that have commercial potential.

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Dr. Barbara Hempstead, Dr. Juan R. Cubillos-Ruiz, Dr. Julie Magarian Blander, Dr. Lewis C. Cantley, Dr. Matthew Greenblatt, Dr. Peter Goldstein, Dr. Raphael Lis, Dr. Shahin Rafii, Dr. Steven Lipkin, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Larry Schlossman, Weill Cornell Medical College, Awards & Honors

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Physician-scientist Dr. Shahin Rafii (center), with members of his lab

The Gift of Life

March 9, 2018

After Decades of Intense Research, Dr. Shahin Rafii and His Group Are Making Dramatic Advances in the Quest to Grow Human Blood Cells Outside the Body

By John Hubbell

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Dr. Jason Butler, Dr. Joseph Scandura, Dr. Raphael Lis, Dr. Shahin Rafii, Dr. Zev Rosenwaks, Education, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Institutional, Patient Care, Research, News from WCM

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Weill Cornell Medicine Team Creates Self-Renewing Hematopoietic Stem Cells for Transplantation

May 17, 2017

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered an innovative method to make an unlimited supply of healthy blood cells from the readily available cells that line blood vessels.

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Dr. Jason Butler, Dr. Jenny Xiang, Dr. Joseph Scandura, Dr. Olivier Elemento, Dr. Raphael Lis, Dr. Shahin Rafii, Patient Care, Research, News from WCM