This summer we're sponsoring high school interns in stem cell labs throughout California. We asked those students to contribute to our Instagram photos and YouTube videos about life in the lab, and write about their experiences. Jessica Wang, 17, is a senior at Walnut High School. She is a summer student at the City of … Continue reading Through their lens: Jessica Wang learns that cures come out of long hours in the lab
Month: July 2013
Taking a bite of out of stem cell mysteries: a new role for a cancer protein
CIRM grantees at UCSF have made a discovery that helps explain how stem cells in the body keep track of when to make more of themselves and when to produce non-stem cells. This work is important for scientists trying to harness stem cells in the body as disease therapies. Their work involves a protein called … Continue reading Taking a bite of out of stem cell mysteries: a new role for a cancer protein
Featured photo: labware in black and white
This photo comes from CIRM Creativity high school intern Jessica Wang. She's spending her summer in the Huiqing Wu lab at City of Hope. You can see more photos from these students by following the Instagram hashtag #CIRMStemCellLab.All photos are also on our website.Amy Adams Read more stem cell research news from the California Institute … Continue reading Featured photo: labware in black and white
Through their lens: High school student discovers breadth of science career paths
This summer we're sponsoring high school interns in stem cell labs throughout California. We asked those students to contribute to our Instagram photos and YouTube videos about life in the lab, and write about their experiences. Alex Cheng, 17, attends Diamond Bar High School. He works as a Summer Trainee at the City of Hope … Continue reading Through their lens: High school student discovers breadth of science career paths
Through their lens: High school intern discovers unpredictability in stem cell science
This summer we're sponsoring high school interns in stem cell labs throughout California. We asked those students to contribute to our Instagram photos and YouTube videos about life in the lab, and write about their experiences. Wing Lam (Natalie) HoName: Wing Lam (Natalie) HoPI: Dr. Geoffrey C Gurtner, Mentor: Zeshaan N Maan School: Cupertino High … Continue reading Through their lens: High school intern discovers unpredictability in stem cell science
Stricter standards for telling stem cells apart
Readers of this blog are frequently reminded that not all stem cells are created equal. This post is a bit wonky but it seems important to take note of an international effort to add rigor to defining one type of stem cell, the mesenchymal stem cell (MSC).Clinical trials testing MSCs make up the majority of … Continue reading Stricter standards for telling stem cells apart
New Video: Calimmune Begins CIRM-Funded Stem Cell-Based HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial
Back on July 9th, we announced in a press release and blog that Calimmune Inc. had treated the first patient in a CIRM-funded clinical trial involving the use of an innovative gene-based stem cell therapy to help protect individuals infected with HIV from the effects of the AIDS virus. Louis Breton and Geoff Symonds, Calimmune’s … Continue reading New Video: Calimmune Begins CIRM-Funded Stem Cell-Based HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial
Quicker healing for older bones
More than 250,000 people are admitted to the hospital each year for hip fractureLast week we wrote about Stanford stem cell scientist Jill Helms and her advice for our undergraduate and masters level Bridges trainees. In that talk she mentioned an unanticipated but successful career switch to the field of bone healing.That career switch resulted … Continue reading Quicker healing for older bones
Bridges trainees showcase their internship research projects
More than 150 newly minted stem cell scientists participating in the agency's Bridges to Stem Cell Research program converged on San Francisco last week to share the fruits of their research labors. My colleague Kevin McCormack wrote earlier about Jill Helms, who sponsors Bridges trainees in her lab at Stanford, and her inspiring talk on … Continue reading Bridges trainees showcase their internship research projects
Bridging the gap between failure and success – some inspiring words on life
It’s never easy launching a career, regardless of your chosen profession, so when you get a high school report card that basically says you are rubbish at science you could be forgiven for thinking you should try another line of work.But Dr. Jill Helms, a professor in the Department of Surgery at Stanford University, told … Continue reading Bridging the gap between failure and success – some inspiring words on life
The Stem Cellar 