Bradley Fikes has an interesting story in today's San Diego Union Tribune* about stem cell approaches for treating heart disease.But first, a complaint about the headline "Scripps Clinic Performs Stem Cell Heart Therapy." They didn't. I mean the therapy part, that is. It's not a therapy if it's not therapeutic, and in this very early … Continue reading Stem cells being tested in heart disease: "We don’t want to give false hope to people"

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.My report this month starts with major advances from two teams at Harvard. … Continue reading CIRM President Alan Trounson — April’s stem cell research highlights

Marius WernigThe International Society for Stem Cell Research has announced the next recipient of their Outstanding Young Investigator award and it shows once again that we here at CIRM have good taste. Stanford's Marius Wernig got the nod.Wernig is part of a CIRM disease team working on a therapy for a deadly childhood skin disease … Continue reading @ISSCR declares Marius Wernig 2013 Outstanding Young Investigator @sumedicine

We wrote recently about a group taking research funding into their own hands, or legs in this case. A group of eight patients working with our grantee Jeanne Loring of the Scripps Research Institute are raising money to fund their own potential therapies. Their approach is unique, to say the least -- through a project … Continue reading Getting creative about funding Parkinson’s research: climbing mountains and making films