These past few days post-World Stem Cell Summit has seen a lot of activity online from patient advocates who attended the meeting. One goal of that meeting is specifically to update the advocates on what's happening in stem cell research and also empower people to speak up about the value of the research. Bernie Siegel, … Continue reading Patient advocates report in on the World Stem Cell Summit

The University of California, Irvine has begun posting video interviews with their stem cell institute director Peter Donovan (You can see all of those videos here.). Of the eight interviews, including ones with former CIRM board chair Robert Klein and leading UCI stem cell researchers, one of the most moving is with Huntington's Disease advocate … Continue reading Video describes life with Huntington’s disease, hopes for stem cell therapies

Stem Cell Awareness Day on Wednesday brought scientists to close to 60 classrooms to deliver lectures on stem cell science and inspired events throughout the world, some of which are ongoing throughout October. (You can see a full list of events here.)The Daily Pilot had a nice story on an event at University of California, … Continue reading Stem Cell Awareness Day introduces high school students to heros

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Each month CIRM President Alan Trounson gives his perspective on recently published papers he thinks will be valuable in moving the field of stem cell research forward. This month’s report, along with an archive of past reports, is available on the CIRM website.Much good science and important science does not qualify as a “breakthrough.” Turning … Continue reading Guest blogger Alan Trounson — September’s stem cell research highlights

The World Stem Cell Summit is going on now in Pasadena. This is the primary meeting for pulling together scientists and patient advocates to talk about progress in the field.CIRM has transformed our booth into a mini recording studio to film interviews with advocates and scientists at the meeting. They talk about the importance of … Continue reading CIRM video journal of the World Stem Cell Summit