Ten years ago this month the voters of California overwhelmingly approved Proposition 71, creating the state’s stem cell agency, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and providing $3 billion to fund stem cell research in California. That money has helped make California a global leader in stem cell research and led to ten clinical trials … Continue reading Ten at ten at the stem cell agency: sharing the good news about progress from the bench to the bedside
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How venture capital became a capital adventure for stem cell agency’s newest Board member
There’s something fascinating about looking at the arc of a person’s career. So often we start out thinking we are going to be one thing, and over the years we move in a different direction and end up doing something else entirely. That’s certainly the case with Kathy LaPorte, the newest addition to our governing … Continue reading How venture capital became a capital adventure for stem cell agency’s newest Board member
Hands-on science turns kids heads
Making science fun. That was the goal of the Discovery Days event on Saturday in San Francisco, part of the Bay Area Science Festival. If numbers alone are any measure of success they certainly met their goal. The place was packed. But it was more than just the size of the crowd that demonstrated how … Continue reading Hands-on science turns kids heads
CIRM 2.0; saving time, saves lives
It’s been almost ten years since the voters of California approved Proposition 71, creating the Stem Cell Agency and giving us $3 billion to fund stem cell research. So this is an appropriate time to look back and see what we have done with the money so far, the progress that’s been made, and where … Continue reading CIRM 2.0; saving time, saves lives
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Some good news got a little overplayed on blindness and Alzheimer’s
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. Stories on blindness show too much wide-eyed wonder. While our field got some very good news this week when Advanced Cell Technologies (ACT) published data … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Some good news got a little overplayed on blindness and Alzheimer’s
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: fast track marketing in Japan, a 3D cell tour and autism
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. Event showed great progress, but Japan nipping at our heals. The San Diego Union Tribune’s Brad Fikes seemed to be enjoying covering the Stem Cell … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: fast track marketing in Japan, a 3D cell tour and autism
Stem Cell Awareness Day and the Stem Cell Person of the Year
Today is Stem Cell Awareness Day, an event that seeks to bring together individuals and organizations around the world working to celebrate and raise awareness about the tremendous progress being made in stem cell research, and to ensure we remain focused on keeping that progress going until we have cures or treatments for people in … Continue reading Stem Cell Awareness Day and the Stem Cell Person of the Year
Museum exhibit explaining stem cell super heroes opens in Canada today, due in California in 2016
An international touring exhibit using super hero cells as guides to explain the many roles of stem cells in our lives opens today at the Sherbrooke Museum of Nature and Science in Canada. Its five-year tour will include further displays in Canada, the United Kingdom and three stops on California—the San Francisco Bay area, Los … Continue reading Museum exhibit explaining stem cell super heroes opens in Canada today, due in California in 2016
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: a good review at the NY Times, expanding cord blood and leukemia
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. Review paints picture of the field today. A writer I have respected for many years, Karen Weintraub, wrote a nice review of the current state … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: a good review at the NY Times, expanding cord blood and leukemia
New formula a more efficient way to reprogram adult cells to become like embryonic stem cells
Shinya Yamanaka won the Nobel Prize for developing a recipe of genetic factors that can turn back the clock of adult cells and make them behave like embryonic stem cells. But he would be the first to tell you his recipe ultimately may not be the best one for making these stem cells called iPS … Continue reading New formula a more efficient way to reprogram adult cells to become like embryonic stem cells