About the Authors

Naftali Horwitz

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nh2395@cumc.columbia.edu (NH); amy_wagers@harvard.edu (AJW)

Current Address: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA

Affiliations Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Chemical Biology Ph.D. Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael Florea

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliations Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Ph.D. Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

K. C. Medha

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tina Liu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Vivian Garcia

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Ph.D. Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rebekah Kim

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Immunology, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Amy Lam

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kathleen Messemer

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christopher Rios

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Albert E. Almada

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (SCRM), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Amy J. Wagers

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nh2395@cumc.columbia.edu (NH); amy_wagers@harvard.edu (AJW)

Affiliations Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Section on Islet Cell and Regenerative Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

A.J.W. is a scientific advisor for Kate Therapeutics and Frequency Therapeutics, as well as a co-founder and scientific advisory board member and holds private equity in Elevian, Inc., a company that aims to develop medicines to restore regenerative capacity. Elevian also has provided sponsored research to the Wagers lab.