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
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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
DISCUSSing iPSC Derivation
Geoff Lomax is CIRM’s Senior Officer for Medical and Ethical Standards. He has been working in the implementation of CIRM’s iPSC Banking Program. The ability to create high-quality stem cell lines depends, in part, on the generosity of donors. For example, CIRM is sponsoring an induced pluripotent stem cell bank (iPSC bank) that will eventually … Continue reading DISCUSSing iPSC Derivation
DISCUSSing iPSC Derivation
Geoff Lomax is CIRM’s Senior Officer for Medical and Ethical Standards. He has been working in the implementation of CIRM’s iPSC Banking Program. The ability to create high-quality stem cell lines depends, in part, on the generosity of donors. For example, CIRM is sponsoring an induced pluripotent stem cell bank (iPSC bank) that will eventually … Continue reading DISCUSSing iPSC Derivation
Stem Cell Stories that Caught our Eye: Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes, Cornea Repair and of Course, New Stem Cells too Good to be True
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Buddy system gets stem cells to stick around. The type of stem cell most likely to be used in a clinical trial today is the … Continue reading Stem Cell Stories that Caught our Eye: Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes, Cornea Repair and of Course, New Stem Cells too Good to be True
Stem Cell Stories that Caught our Eye: Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes, Cornea Repair and of Course, New Stem Cells too Good to be True
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Buddy system gets stem cells to stick around. The type of stem cell most likely to be used in a clinical trial today is the … Continue reading Stem Cell Stories that Caught our Eye: Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes, Cornea Repair and of Course, New Stem Cells too Good to be True
Confining Cells within Geometric Structures Key to Replicating Embryonic Development
It’s like trying to capture, and then recreate, a moment in time: the exact instant after fertilization when a small group of dividing cells begin to organize themselves into the various cellular layers that will one day make up the skin, the heart, the liver and the brain. But for all the advances in our … Continue reading Confining Cells within Geometric Structures Key to Replicating Embryonic Development
Confining Cells within Geometric Structures Key to Replicating Embryonic Development
It’s like trying to capture, and then recreate, a moment in time: the exact instant after fertilization when a small group of dividing cells begin to organize themselves into the various cellular layers that will one day make up the skin, the heart, the liver and the brain. But for all the advances in our … Continue reading Confining Cells within Geometric Structures Key to Replicating Embryonic Development
The Art of Public Service
Usually we use this space to talk about important or interesting developments in stem cell research. Developments that help increase our understanding of how stem cells work and how we can use them to develop much-needed treatments for a wide variety of diseases and disorders. But every once in a while it’s good to stand … Continue reading The Art of Public Service
The Stem Cellar 