New Initiatives in Science

Inside the lab of Douglas Melton, Harvard University's Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, stem cell research is conducted in an effort to find a cure for diabetes.

• The new Northwest Science facilities add to on-going research and teaching across a wide range of inquiry
• Harvard's Stem Cell Institute aims to use the power of stem cell biology to understand and ultimately treat selected diseases and conditions
• The Broad Institute, a joint venture between Harvard and MIT, includes many of the scientists who made significant contributions to the Human Genome Project now working together to pioneer a “new model” of collaborative science to transform medicine