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New study identifies hypoxia resistance as a key advantage of stem cell-derived islets Summary
UCSF Department of Surgery
March 23, 2026
The Komatsu Laboratory at UCSF Department of Surgery recently published a paper in American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology demonstrating that human pluripotent stem cell-derived islets exhibit significantly greater resistance to hypoxia compared with primary human islets. Although stem cell-derived cells...
Student researcher Nia Ho receives first place award at AAAS Annual Meeting
UCSF Department of Surgery
February 16, 2026
Student researcher Nia Ho receives first place award at AAAS Annual Meeting, one of the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific conferences Nia Ho, a student researcher in the Komatsu Laboratory at the UCSF Department of Surgery and an undergraduate student at Pitzer College, received 1st Place in the...