Innovation Profile: Dr Andras Nagy

Senior Investigator
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
Mount Sinai Hospital

 

 

 A new method for creating stem cells

 

In March 2009, Dr Andras Nagy discovered a new method for creating stem cells that accelerates stem cell technology and provides a road map for new clinical approaches to regenerative medicine.

Dr Nagy is a world renowned developmental molecular geneticist and Senior Investigator at the Samuel Lunenfeld
Research Institute. He is a Professor in the Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics at the University of Toronto, and
holds a Canada Research Chair in Stem Cells and Regeneration.

Dr Nagy studies embryonic stem cells, which can be induced to differentiate into any cell type of the adult body. He
created the first human embryonic stem cell lines in Canada in 2005. Recent advances in stem cell research have created
great hope for the possible cure of devastating diseases such as Parkinson's disease, diabetes, macular degeneration,
spinal-cord injury and other diseases that damage vital tissues.

Dr Nagy's stem cell program is focused on translating stem cell therapies into human medicine. His lab aims to create a leading program in tissue engineering, using bio-compatible materials and progenitor cells to repair injured tissue and replace diseased organs.

Dr Nagy is a winner of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Senior Scientist Award and the genOway Prize for Transgene Technologies. He is a member of the Standards Committee for the International Society for Stem Cell Research and an editorial board member of Stem Cell Reviews and Genisis. Dr Nagy is also a regular reviewer for a variety of medical journals including Nature Genetics, Nature Biotechnology, Science, Cell, Developmental Cell, and the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology.

Dr Nagy holds a PhD in Genetics and a BA in Mathematics from the Lorand Eötvös University in Budapest, Hungary.

View Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Profile

View MaRS' video of Dr Nagy's presentation, Transposon - mediated reprogram provides a powerful exploratory tool for understanding stem cell induction, at the Gairdner Awards 50th Anniversary Celebration in October 2009.

April 29, 2010: Dr Andras Nagy of Mount Sinai Hospital receives $9,058,022 from the Government of Ontario's Global Leadership Round in Genomics and Life Sciences

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