People with Down's syndrome have an additional copy of chromosome 21. Image from U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome ProgramSpoiler alert: The research reported here is not funded by CIRM and is far, far from being ready to test in people. But for those of us who clearly remember a day when reprogrammed stem cells … Continue reading Scientists inactivate extra chromosome in stem cells from people with Down’s syndrome

Bradley Fikes at the San Diego Union Tribune wrote a blog entry yesterday about a talk in which CIRM grantee Larry Goldstein argued that California should fund its own science and technology research. Goldstein is director of UCSD's stem cell program, and has CIRM grants to develop stem cell therapies for ALS and Alzheimer's disease.Fikes … Continue reading Larry Goldstein: San Diego an example of research collaboration