{"result":[{"researchInterest":"My research focuses on the political, legal, ethical and economic impacts of stem cell research.  Topics include: embryonic and adult stem cell research and clinical trials, stem cell banking, human-animal chimeras; cell and gamete donation; international perspectives of bioethics; global economic impacts; national and state regulatory policy, stem cell entrepreneurship, intellectual property and offshore stem cell transplants.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7245&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christopher_Scott","appointments":[{"appointment":"Sr Research Scholar,Center for Biomedical Ethics"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Christopher","primaryAppointment":"Sr Research Scholar,Center for Biomedical Ethics","displayName":"Christopher Thomas Scott","lastName":"Scott"},{"researchInterest":"Genetic testing, gene therapy, genetically engineered organisms, and the history of eugenics.  Stem cell research and cloning, and egg procurement.  Examining ethical issues in reproductive technologies.   Organ transplantation \u0096 including donation after cardiac death, ethics of listing decisions.  End of life issues in both adults and children.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4722&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Magnus","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Teaching),Pediatrics - Vaden"},{"appointment":"Professor (Teaching) (By courtesy),Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"David","primaryAppointment":"Professor (Teaching),Pediatrics - Vaden","displayName":"David C. Magnus, Ph.D.","lastName":"Magnus"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9848&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Micha_Drukker","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Institute"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Micha","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Institute","displayName":"Micha Drukker","lastName":"Drukker"},{"researchInterest":"Epigenetic Reprogramming, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Neural Differentiation: implications in development and regenerative medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10445&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marius_Wernig","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Marius","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute","displayName":"Marius Wernig","lastName":"Wernig"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Cho's major areas of interest include: ethical and social issues in genetic research, stem cell research, bioweapons and microbial genome research, the effects of gene patenting on clinical genetic testing and research, and the impacts of academic-industry ties on biomedical research.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6124&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mildred_Cho","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Genetics"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Vaden"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Mildred","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Genetics","displayName":"Mildred Cho, PhD","lastName":"Cho"},{"researchInterest":"The Reijo Pera Laboratory is focused on understanding key cell fates in the embryo, including the generation of pluripotent stem cells, somatic and germ cell lineages","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8036&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Renee_Reijo-Pera","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - OB GYN Institutes"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Renee","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - OB GYN Institutes","displayName":"Renee A. 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Specifically, we aim to understand how key processes such as nuclear reprogramming, establishment of developmental competence, maintenance of pluripotency, and cell cycle regulation are regulated at the earliest stages.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3988&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mylene_Yao","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Fertility (Reproductive Medicine)"},{"focus":"Gynecology"},{"focus":"Reprod. Endocrinology and Infertility"}],"firstName":"Mylene","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology","displayName":"Mylene W. 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We use a combination of gene profiling, tissue engineering, physiological testing, and molecular imaging technologies to better understand stem cell biology in vitro and in vivo.  For adult stem cells, we are interested in monitoring stem cell survival, proliferation, and differentiation. For ESC, we are currently studying their tumorigenicity, immunogenicity, and differentiation","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6159&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joseph_Wu","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Congenital Heart Disease (Adult)"},{"focus":"Echocardiography"}],"firstName":"Joseph","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Joseph  C. 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We are currently working on gene expression in endothelial cells at sites of pathology.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6324&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Andrew_Connolly","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"}],"firstName":"Andrew","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","displayName":"Andrew J. Connolly","lastName":"Connolly"},{"researchInterest":"My laboratory studies the mechanisms of cardiovascular development, particularly how the three major types of cardiac cells (endocardial, myocardial and epicardial cells) and neural crest cells interact with each other to generate heart tissues.  We are interested in the transcriptional and signaling events that coordinate their interactions and assembly into heart tissues.  The long-term goal is to understand the developmental mechanisms that control tissue formation and recapitulate the devel","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6387&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ching-Pin_Chang","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Ching-Pin","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Ching-Pin Chang","lastName":"Chang"},{"researchInterest":"My lab has two main goals: to understand mitotic regulation and to understand the systems-level logic of simple signaling circuits.  We often make use of Xenopus laevis oocytes, eggs, and cell-free extracts for both sorts of study.  We also carry out single-cell fluorescence imaging studies on mammalian cell lines.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4656&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/James_Ferrell","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"James","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","displayName":"James Ferrell","lastName":"Ferrell"},{"researchInterest":"My current work is focused on the role of DNA Methyltransferases (DNMTs) in human germ cell differentiation and imprinting. Previous studies in rodents suggest that DNA methylation may contribute to the regulation of germ cell differentiation. Therefore, we are evaluating the expression and function of DNMTs in hESC-derived germ cells throughout development and determining their importance for normal germ cell differentiation and imprinting.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9821&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Shawn_Chavez","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Institute"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Shawn","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Institute","displayName":"Shawn L. Chavez","lastName":"Chavez"},{"researchInterest":"The focus of our research is to determine the genomic and proteomic signatures of a cancer cell, and to compare them to the signatures of normal stem cells.  The goal is to identify the pathway(s) that determine the fate of a progenitor cell \u0096 to become neoplastic or to remain normal \u0096 then to prevent the neoplastic pathway decision.\r\n\r\nWe are also developing surface enhanced Raman (SERS) nanoparticles to supplement the fluorescent molecules currently available for flow cytometry.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7574&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Catherine_Shachaf","appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Catherine","primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","displayName":"Catherine Shachaf","lastName":"Shachaf"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8938&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mei_Huang","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Mei","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","displayName":"Mei Huang","lastName":"Huang"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10197&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ching_Shang","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Ching","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine","displayName":"Ching Shang","lastName":"Shang"},{"researchInterest":"As an empirical bioethicist, my work focuses on social justice issues (broadly) and, more specifically, on health disparities and disease prevention among ethnic minority populations. 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Specifically, he is using novel MR imaging sequences that enable rapid and integrated imaging of the coronary arteries as well as assessment of LV function, cardiac perfusion, and myocardial viability. By combining the chemical sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance with high spatial and temporal resolution, a wide range of biological events spanning from molecular to physiologic ","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6101&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Phillip_Yang","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"firstName":"Phillip","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Phillip Yang, MD","lastName":"Yang"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10153&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tao_Hong","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Tao","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine","displayName":"Tao Hong","lastName":"Hong"},{"researchInterest":"For most areas of the mammalian brain, neurogenesis concludes at birth but there are exceptions to the rule. In rodents and humans, some areas of the brain continue to make new neurons throughout life. This process is mediated by neural stem cells and our research goals are to understand how stem cell activity is regulated and whether the nascent potential of resident stem cells can be harnessed for brain repair.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5930&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Theo_Palmer","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Theo","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Neurosurgery","displayName":"Theo Palmer","lastName":"Palmer"}]}