Stem Cells

Identification, isolation, and biological characterization of postnatal, non-hematopoietic  stem cells in the human bone marrow and in other tissues.

Use of postnatal stem cells for generating disease models in vivo in the mouse

Bone tissue engineering, cell therapy

Fibrous dysplasia as a stem cell disease

Fibrous dysplasia: Molecular genetics, genotype-phenotype correlation, diagnosis and clinical management, pathology, cell biology, natural history. Development of cell and gene therapy strategies