New Videos: Living with Crohn’s Disease and Working Towards a Stem Cell Therapy

Note: the two videos below are also available on our website She doesn’t want your sympathy. She doesn’t want your admiration. She just wants your understanding. Rachel Bonner, a sixteen-year-old high school student and founder of the Hope for Crohn’s charity, spoke to the CIRM governing Board on September 10th about what it’s like living … Continue reading New Videos: Living with Crohn’s Disease and Working Towards a Stem Cell Therapy

CIRM 2.0: How to Build a Better Stem Cell Agency and Speed up Treatments to Patients

Change is never easy. We all get used to doing things in a certain way and it can sometimes be difficult to realize that the way we have chosen, while it may have worked well at one time is perhaps not the best way to achieve our goals at this time. Well, change is coming … Continue reading CIRM 2.0: How to Build a Better Stem Cell Agency and Speed up Treatments to Patients

September ICOC Boarding Meeting Begins Soon

The September ICOC Boarding Meeting begins this morning in Berkeley, CA. The complete agenda can be found here, including a special Spotlight on Disease focusing on Inflammatory Bowel Disease. For those not able to attend, feel free to dial in: Dial in Infomation: United States: (800) 230-1093 Access Code: 334835 WEB MEETING ACCESS INFORMATION: ------------------------------- … Continue reading September ICOC Boarding Meeting Begins Soon

A life long battle with Parkinson’s disease earns Dr. David Higgins a place on our Board

As a child David Higgins imagined that the reason his grandmother wouldn’t talk to him was because of something he did, some fault of his. In time he came to realize that the reason was because his grandmother had Parkinson’s disease and she had trouble communicating with, not just him, but with everyone. It was … Continue reading A life long battle with Parkinson’s disease earns Dr. David Higgins a place on our Board

Spiderman Sets the Tone for Stem Cell Agency Board Meeting

I don’t often think about Spiderman at meetings of our governing Board – no, really I don’t - but yesterday was an exception. Not that I was daydreaming, rather I was listening to our new President & CEO C. Randal Mills, Ph.D., talk about his determination to set a very specific tone in leading the … Continue reading Spiderman Sets the Tone for Stem Cell Agency Board Meeting

July ICOC Board Meeting Now Beginning

The July ICOC Boarding Meeting is now beginning in San Francisco. The complete agenda can be found here. For those not able to attend, feel free to dial in: Dial In (800) 230-1085 Confirmation Number: 331407 Audio Cast: Web Meeting Address: https://www.webmeeting.att.com * Meeting Number(s): (511)468-6455 * HOST CODE: 697745 * PARTICIPANT CODE: 249234 WebEx … Continue reading July ICOC Board Meeting Now Beginning