We learned this week that our former President, Dr. Alan Trounson, has joined the Board of Stem Cells, Inc., a company we are funding to develop a therapy for Alzheimer's disease. Because this raises serious concerns on a number of fronts our President and CEO, Dr. C. Randal Mills, issued the following statement: "CIRM was … Continue reading Statement regarding former CIRM president’s new position on a stem cell company’s board
Day: July 9, 2014
Statement regarding former CIRM president’s new position on a stem cell company’s board
We learned this week that our former President, Dr. Alan Trounson, has joined the Board of Stem Cells, Inc., a company we are funding to develop a therapy for Alzheimer's disease. Because this raises serious concerns on a number of fronts our President and CEO, Dr. C. Randal Mills, issued the following statement: "CIRM was … Continue reading Statement regarding former CIRM president’s new position on a stem cell company’s board
In an auditorium with 200 high school students CIRM grantee connected with one who is now heading to UCLA to study stem cells
When part of your job is to reach out to the community, share information and perhaps get the people you connect with excited about what they hear, it can be difficult to point to tangible examples of success. One arrived in my email inbox last week. Each year for Stem Cell Awareness Day in October … Continue reading In an auditorium with 200 high school students CIRM grantee connected with one who is now heading to UCLA to study stem cells
The Man Behind the Curtain: Protein Helps Keep Cancer Cells Alive and Kicking
Being diagnosed with brain cancer comes with a sobering sentence: even with the most aggressive treatments, life expectancy for the most common form of brain cancer—called glioblastoma—is less than two years. One of the key culprits, many scientists now believe, are cancer stem cells. Cancer stem cells are a subset of cancer cells that have … Continue reading The Man Behind the Curtain: Protein Helps Keep Cancer Cells Alive and Kicking
The Stem Cellar 