Congratulations to the 2018 Howell UCSD Scholars!
Pictured left to right, 2018 Howell UCSD Scholars Annie Chen, Hoejeong Kim, Rachel Sebastian & Allison Kramer. One of the cornerstones of the Foundation is to award scholarships to those who are interested in pursuing a career in women's health. We like to say we want them excited to do so! With fields or research that range from placental stem cells, to elevated testosterone in the female system, genetic breast cancer counseling for young survivors and gestational diabetes, these young ladies pretty much prove our point! Read about the details below! Hoejeong Kim: Embryonic stem cells differentiate into cells required to make up tissues and organs. Tissue-specific stem cells can be found in most organs and contribute to maintaining and repairing the tissue after stress or damage. Hoejeong’s project will focus on identifying and isolating stem cells called trophoblast stem (TS) cells, which have been found in mice but not yet in...