Dr. Raja Kittappa, stem cell researcher and candidate for CongressOf the 541 members of Congress there are plenty of lawyers (173 in the House and Senate) lots of business people (130) and even a decent number of medical professionals (32) but there are only two scientists (one microbiologist and one physicist). That number might increase … Continue reading Is there a doctor in the House? How about a stem cell scientist?

ALS patient and world famous physicist Stephen Hawking talked with CIRM's ALS team at Cedars-Sinai last yearThe stem cell company Neuralstem had earlier reported promising data from part of the patients enrolled in their phase 1 clinical trial for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Now they have published data for … Continue reading Early clinical trial for ALS looks promising, points to ways to do even better