The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), one of the world’s largest institutes dedicated to regenerative medicine, announced key recommendations at the September 26, 2024, Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee Meeting from its Strategic Allocation Framework (SAF), a structured and data-driven effort designed to prioritize resources and maximize the impact of CIRM’s funding. These recommendations mark … Continue reading CIRM Recommendations from Strategic Allocation Framework
CIRM Strategic Plan
How the Strategic Allocation Framework (SAF) Impacts the Future of CIRM’s Research Funding
At the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), our mission is to accelerate world class science to deliver transformative regenerative medicine treatments in an equitable manner to a diverse California and world. For nearly two decades, CIRM has been at the forefront of the regenerative medicine field, catalyzing significant scientific breakthroughs and developing therapies that … Continue reading How the Strategic Allocation Framework (SAF) Impacts the Future of CIRM’s Research Funding
CIRM Awards $21.3 Million to Foster Collaboration Through Shared Labs
Shared resources, including state-of-the art lab equipment and expertise, foster collaboration (above). Photo courtesy of UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has approved awarding $21.3 million to create a network of Shared Resources Laboratories (SRLs) for Stem Cell-Based Modeling. The SRLs are an important component of CIRM’s Infrastructure … Continue reading CIRM Awards $21.3 Million to Foster Collaboration Through Shared Labs
Finding solutions for affordable and accessible cell and gene therapies
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is not alone in seeking a way to make cell and gene therapies more affordable and accessible. The Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) just completed a year-long effort to consider how treatments could be made more accessible. This effort involved creating a task force comprised of 30 participants to … Continue reading Finding solutions for affordable and accessible cell and gene therapies
Apply Now for New Manufacturing Funding Opportunity
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has set goals through its five-year strategic plan to continue to deliver the full potential of regenerative medicine to the people of California and around the world. One of those goals is to overcome manufacturing hurdles for the delivery of regenerative medicine therapies by building a public-private manufacturing … Continue reading Apply Now for New Manufacturing Funding Opportunity
State Stem Cell & Gene Therapy Agency Sets up Support Program to Help Patients Participate in Clinical Trials
For many patients battling deadly diseases, getting access to a clinical trial can be life-saving, but it can also be very challenging. Today the governing Board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved a concept plan to make it financially and logistically easier for patients to take part in CIRM-funded clinical trials. The … Continue reading State Stem Cell & Gene Therapy Agency Sets up Support Program to Help Patients Participate in Clinical Trials
A grandmother’s legacy, a stem cell scientist
Emily Smith, CIRM Bridges student The California Institute for Regenerative (CIRM) has a number of education programs geared towards training the next generation of stem cell and gene therapy researchers. Each student comes to the program with their own motivation, their own reasons for wanting to be a scientist. This is Emily Smith's story. Surrounded … Continue reading A grandmother’s legacy, a stem cell scientist
Expanding CIRM’s Alpha Clinics Network to deliver transformative regenerative medicine treatments
THIS BLOG IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO CAST Almost every day, we hear new reports from the thousands of regenerative medicine clinical trials globally sponsored by hundreds of companies and academic researchers. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is a leader in this space supporting some of the most advanced cell and gene … Continue reading Expanding CIRM’s Alpha Clinics Network to deliver transformative regenerative medicine treatments
CIRM CNS Consortium Workshop – Held Feb. 24 & 25, 2022
Note: Post edited to include post-event workshop videos. Watch both workshop videos here and here. THIS BLOG IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO CAST Shared Stem Cell Laboratory at UCLA Advance World Class Science, Deliver Real World Solutions, Provide Opportunity for All. These comprise the themes of our bold 5-year Strategic Plan. Since its launch … Continue reading CIRM CNS Consortium Workshop – Held Feb. 24 & 25, 2022
Making stem cell and gene therapies available and affordable for all California patients
THIS BLOG IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO CAST Developing a new therapy: Photo courtesy UCLA There is no benefit in helping create a miraculous new therapy that can cure people and save lives if no one except the super-rich can afford it. That’s why the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has made creating … Continue reading Making stem cell and gene therapies available and affordable for all California patients
The Stem Cellar 