Event recap written by guest writer Jacqueline Hantgan, CIRM Sr. Outreach Advisor for Outreach and Advocacy December is HIV/AIDS Awareness Month. To commemorate this important event, CIRM recently supported the 3rd Annual Timothy Ray Brown Community Cure Symposium which took place at the Palm Springs Art Museum on World AIDS Day−December 1, 2024. It was … Continue reading World AIDS Day at the 3rd Annual Timothy Ray Brown Community Cure Symposium
Month: December 2024
The Stem Cellar’s Most Read Blogs of 2024
2024 was a significant year for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). We reached major milestones, celebrated our 20th anniversary, and introduced our Strategic Allocation Framework (SAF) impact goals. We did this all while continuing to fund innovative work in regenerative medicine. The Stem Cellar blog is where we share these stories, providing readers … Continue reading The Stem Cellar’s Most Read Blogs of 2024
Potential Gene Therapy for Children with ADA-SCID
Photo Courtesy of Andrea Fernandez de Soto Imagine stepping outside and facing life‑threatening danger. For children born with ADA‑SCID (adenosine deaminase severe combined immunodeficiency), this is daily life. Their immune systems are so weak that a cold or a scraped knee can cause a dangerous infection. Donald Kohn, MD, a leading researcher at the UCLA … Continue reading Potential Gene Therapy for Children with ADA-SCID
A Step Forward in the Fight Against Advanced Kidney Cancer
Photo Courtesy: Allogene Therapeutics Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is an advanced kidney cancer with limited treatment options and a five‑year survival rate below 17%. With CIRM’s support, Allogene Therapeutics is developing ALLO‑316, an allogeneic CAR‑T cell therapy that targets CD70, a protein highly expressed on clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) tumors. The approach … Continue reading A Step Forward in the Fight Against Advanced Kidney Cancer