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Update on spinal cord injury patient enrolled in CIRM-funded stem cell clinical trial

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A spinal cord injury (SCI) is devastating, changing a person’s life in an instant. Every year, around the world, between 250,000 and 500,000 people suffer a spinal cord injury. Most of these are caused by trauma to the spinal column, thereby affecting the spinal cord’s ability to send and receive messages from the brain to … Continue reading Update on spinal cord injury patient enrolled in CIRM-funded stem cell clinical trial

Good news for two CIRM-supported therapies

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It’s always satisfying to see two projects you have supported for a long time do well. That’s particularly true when the projects in question are targeting conditions that have no other effective therapies. This week we learned that a clinical trial we funded to help people with spinal cord injuries continues to show benefits. This … Continue reading Good news for two CIRM-supported therapies

One year later, spinal cord therapy still looks promising

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The beginning of a clinical trial, particularly the first time a new therapy is being tested in people, is often a time of equal parts anticipation and nervousness. Anticipation, because you have been working to this point for many years. Nervousness, because you have never tested this in people before and even though you have … Continue reading One year later, spinal cord therapy still looks promising

Using 3D printer to develop treatment for spinal cord injury

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Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) affect approximately 300,000 Americans, with about 18,000 new cases occurring per year. One of these patients, Jake Javier, who we have written about many times over the past several years, received ten million stem cells as part of a CIRM-funded clinical trial and a video about his first year at Cal … Continue reading Using 3D printer to develop treatment for spinal cord injury

Stem Cell Roundup: Jake Javier’s amazing spirit; TV report highlights clinic offering unproven stem cell therapies

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In the Roundup we usually focus on studies that highlight advances in stem cell research but today we’re going to do something a little different. Instead of relying on print for our stories, we’re turning to video. We begin with a piece about Jake Javier. Regular readers of our blog will remember that Jake is … Continue reading Stem Cell Roundup: Jake Javier’s amazing spirit; TV report highlights clinic offering unproven stem cell therapies

Stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury offers improved chance of independent life for patients

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A spinal cord injury is devastating, changing a person’s life in a heartbeat. In the past there was little that doctors could do other than offer pain relief and physical therapy to try and regain as much muscle function as possible. That’s why the latest results from the CIRM-supported Asterias Biotherapeutics spinal cord injury trial … Continue reading Stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury offers improved chance of independent life for patients

California’s Stem Cell Agency Accelerates Treatments to Patients

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The following article is an Op Ed that appeared in today’s print version of the San Francisco Chronicle Biotechnology was born in California in the 1970s based on the discovery out of one of its universities and California is responsible for an industry that has impacted the lives of billions of people worldwide. In 2004, … Continue reading California’s Stem Cell Agency Accelerates Treatments to Patients

Stem Cell Stories that Caught Our Eye: Killer Cells May Treat Cancer, CIRM-Funded Trial Shows Promise and Worms to the Rescue – New Research Could Lead to Human Therapies

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Stem cell image of the week:  Our stem cell image of the week shows natural killer cells (yellow) attacking a cancer cell (red). The cancer fighters known as CAR T cells have proved their prowess in recent years. Three therapies using the altered T cells against lymphoma or leukemia have won U.S. Food and Drug … Continue reading Stem Cell Stories that Caught Our Eye: Killer Cells May Treat Cancer, CIRM-Funded Trial Shows Promise and Worms to the Rescue – New Research Could Lead to Human Therapies