How patient advocates help advance profound autism research

By Holly Alyssa MacCormick Some of the biggest advances in autism research have come from a unique and dedicated group—the families and patient advocates who live with autism every day. Matthew State, MD, PhD, chief scientific advisor for the Aligning Research to Impact Autism (ARIA) initiative and chair of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the … Continue reading How patient advocates help advance profound autism research

Summer of science for these CIRM students

In a summer doubleheader, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) hosted back-to-back conferences over two weekends for hundreds of aspiring California student scientists.  Together, these events highlight the pipeline of homegrown talent that will shape the next decade of stem cell and gene therapy breakthroughs in California. California voters invested in regenerative medicine not just to … Continue reading Summer of science for these CIRM students