Occasionally, too much of a good thing can turn bad, an adage confirmed in a study published today by UCLA scientists. Led by Dr. Brigitte Gomperts, a team of stem cell experts have honed in on how adult stem cells residing in the lung spring into action in order to repair damaged tissue. Normally, this … Continue reading Cells Behaving Badly: Rogue Stem Cells Set Stage for Lung Cancer, CIRM-Funded Study Finds
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New Stem Cell Agency President Says; “It’s all about the Patients”
This week we held two events to introduce our new President, C. Randal Mills, to our biggest supporters, the researchers we fund and the patient advocates who are looking to stem cell science for treatments and cures. The events were at our offices in San Francisco and at the University of Southern California campus in … Continue reading New Stem Cell Agency President Says; “It’s all about the Patients”
New Stem Cell Agency President Says; “It’s all about the Patients”
This week we held two events to introduce our new President, C. Randal Mills, to our biggest supporters, the researchers we fund and the patient advocates who are looking to stem cell science for treatments and cures. The events were at our offices in San Francisco and at the University of Southern California campus in … Continue reading New Stem Cell Agency President Says; “It’s all about the Patients”
New Videos: Downton Abbey, preeclampsia, and the search for a cure using stem cells
(Downton Abbey Spoiler Alert: skip ahead to the video if you haven’t seen Season 3!) If you’re one of the estimated 10 million devoted Downton Abbey TV viewers, then you most probably have heard of the word “preeclampsia.” In a heart-wrenching episode from season 3 of the early 20th century British drama, one of the … Continue reading New Videos: Downton Abbey, preeclampsia, and the search for a cure using stem cells
Meet the Stem Cell Agency President C. Randal Mills
As you probably have heard by now we have a new President at the stem cell agency. In late April, after a nationwide search, our governing Board appointed C. Randal Mills, PhD, to take over from Alan Trounson who has led the agency for the last six years, and is standing down to spend more … Continue reading Meet the Stem Cell Agency President C. Randal Mills
CIRM-Funded Scientists Identify Cause; Potential Therapy for Deadly Form of Eye Cancer
If the cancer is caught early, you may just lose your eye. If it is caught too late, however, you may lose your life. uch is the fate of those diagnosed with uveal melanoma, a rare but deadly form of eye cancer that attacks the eye’s pigment cells in the iris. Each year about 2,000 … Continue reading CIRM-Funded Scientists Identify Cause; Potential Therapy for Deadly Form of Eye Cancer
A Second Chance for a Spinal Cord Injury Trial, and a Powerful Reminder from Patient Advocates
Yesterday’s meeting of our governing Board was important for a number of reasons. First, the Board voted to invest some $32 million to try and get two promising projects into clinical trials – more on that in a minute – and also to try and attract some world-class researchers to California through our Research Leadership … Continue reading A Second Chance for a Spinal Cord Injury Trial, and a Powerful Reminder from Patient Advocates
Stem Cell Agency Governing Board’s Meeting is Now Live
The May Board meeting is now underway. Big items under discussion today are funding for our Strategic Partnership Awards - designed to encourage more partnerships with industry - and Research Leadership - to attract the best stem cell scientists to California. You can listen in to the proceedings in a number of different ways. PHONE: … Continue reading Stem Cell Agency Governing Board’s Meeting is Now Live
New Lease on Legs: Stem Cell Treatment Gives Mice with MS-Like Condition Ability to Walk
For a long time, the team of scientists was in shock: in just two weeks they had transformed mice that could not walk—into mice that could. In the latest issue of Stem Cell Reports, available online today, scientists from the University of Utah and the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, have reversed the … Continue reading New Lease on Legs: Stem Cell Treatment Gives Mice with MS-Like Condition Ability to Walk
Stem cell techniques yield new clues to the origins of schizophrenia
Although the word “schizophrenia” was coined over 100 years ago, scientists are still stumped by what causes this severe brain disorder, which afflicts an estimated three million Americans and presents a financial burden of $63 billion each year. People with schizophrenia suffer debilitating delusional and hallucinatory symptoms, such as hearing voices or believing that tragedy … Continue reading Stem cell techniques yield new clues to the origins of schizophrenia
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