Today is the fifth annual Stem Cell Awareness Day, being celebrated this year with events throughout California and in four additional states and five countries. CIRM is also coordinating an effort to teach high school students about stem cell research by having scientists visit classrooms. We expect to reach more than 100 classes in California … Continue reading Spreading the word on Stem Cell Awareness Day #stemcellday

Alan Trounson, CIRM PresidentEach 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.This month I want to focus my blog on a … Continue reading Guest blogger Alan Trounson — September’s stem cell research highlights

Geoff Lomax is CIRM's Senior Officer to the Standards Working Group The European Parliament is currently considering its next research funding program called Horizon 2020. Under consideration in that program is the continued level of support for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research.The current European research program is similar to U.S. NIH policy, where research … Continue reading Europe not Competitive in hESC Research: Patently False