Appointment
Associate Professor of Medicine, Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation
Associate Director, Stem Cell Institute
Expert Areas
Stem cells, Blood and marrow transplantation, Cancer
Research Focus
Dan Kaufman focuses on developing new cancer therapies. He studies human pluripotent stem cells, or cells that have the ability to become all cell types of the human body, to understand blood development. Kaufman has discovered a way to transform pluripotent stem cells into lymphocytes (specialized immune cells) that fight both cancer and viruses, including HIV. Kaufman's lab also uses human pluripotent stem cells to study bone and blood vessel formation to develop other regenerative medicine therapies.
Sources of Funding
National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Engdahl Family Foundation
