Craig Cady

Education

Ph.D., Research: Neuroendocrine regulation of proton and chloride transporters, University of Arizona

M.S., Biology, University of Wisconsin

B.S., Zoology, University of Wisconsin

Biography

Dr. Cady completed an NIH fellowship in the Neurology Department at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine investigating the effects of aging on the brain as related to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. He has published papers on age-related changes in neuron function, how to extend neuron survival and how estrogen protects the brain from neurodegenerative disease. As the director of the Bohlander Stem Cell Research Laboratory in the Biology Department at Bradley University he is actively investigating a diverse range of topics in regenerative medicine beyond neurodegenerative diseases. Research projects include investigating an autologous stem cell-based therapy for ovarian and pancreatic cancer, production of cardiomyocytes and pacemaker cells from hiPS stem cells, the first to create parathyroid hormone producing cells from adult stem cells. Newest research project is a team effort to develop an implantable artificial lung having nanofiber material lined with stem cell derived endothelial cells to reduce tissue rejection. Dr. Cady’s laboratory worked with an international team that for the first time transplanted a nanofiber trachea lined with stem cells into a 3-year-old girl born without a functioning trachea.

Teaching

Neurophysiology, Endocrinology, Pathophysiology, Human Physiology

Scholarship

Selected Publications:

Brown C., Stidham E., Beck E., Eickhoff A., Hill B., Nair K., Cady C. Quantifying mechanical, proliferation, and migrational properties of bulk ovarian cancer cells and ovarian cancer stem cells. Acta Histochemica, 2025. 127:152260.

Cady C., Nair K., Rodriguez H., Rust B., Ghandour S. Potty A., Gupta A. Optimization of polycaprolactone and type I collagen scaffold of tendon tissue regeneration. Cureus. 2024. 56930.

Fauser A., Stidham E., Cady C., Gupta A. Role of microRNA-132 in opioid addiction through modification of neural stem cell differentiation. 2022. Journal Personalized Medicine. 12:1800.

Gupta A., Maffulli N., Rodriguez H., Mistovich J., Delfino K., Cady C., Fauser A., Cundiff E., Martinez M., Potty A. Cell-free stem cell-derived extract formulation for treatment of knee osteoarthritis: study protocol for a preliminary non-randomized, open-label, multi-center feasibility and safety study. Journal of Othropaedic Surgery and Research. 2021. 16:514.

ProfMinute: “Stem Cell Research”

Details: “Stem Cell Research Laboratory”