A novel stem cell differentiation method developed by Samira Musah is licensed to two biotech companies, STEMCELL Technologies and Emulate Bio

Original publications and patent

• Samira Musah, Nikolaos Dimitrakakis, Diogo M. Camacho, George M. Church, Donald E. Ingber, “Directed differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells into mature kidney podocytes and establishment of a Glomerulus Chip,” Nature Protocols,  DOI: 10.1038/s41596-018-0007-8, 2018
• Samira Musah, Akiko Mammoto, Thomas C. Ferrante, Sauveur S. F. Jeanty, Mariko Hirano-Kobayashi, Tadanori Mammoto, Kristen Roberts, Seyoon Chung, Richard Novak, Miles Ingram, Tohid Fatanat-Didar, Sandeep Koshy, James C. Weaver, George M. Church, Donald E. Ingber, “Mature induced-pluripotent-stem-cell-derived human podocytes reconstitute kidney glomerular-capillary-wall function on a chip,” Nature Biomedical Engineering, DOI:10.1038/s41551-017-0069, 2017

• Samira Musah and Donald E. Ingber. (2021) Derivation of Mature and Functional Kidney Podocytes from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. U.S. Patent No. 11,083,754 B2. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=11083754