Samira Alwahabi For more than a decade, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has funded educational and research training programs to give students the opportunity to explore stem cell science right here in California. One such project—the Bridges to Stem Cell Research Program—helps train future generations of scientists by preparing undergraduate and master’s students … Continue reading How CIRM’s Bridges internship program inspired this student to pursue a career in regenerative medicine
Month: July 2022
First patient dosed in clinical trial for a drug-resistant form of epilepsy
Tablet BM47753. Neo-Babylonian Period. Courtesy of the British Museum, London. Epilepsy seems to have been a problem for people for as long as people have been around. The first recorded mention of it is on a 4000-year-old Akkadian tablet found in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq). The tablet includes a description of a person with "his … Continue reading First patient dosed in clinical trial for a drug-resistant form of epilepsy
The Stem Cellar 