Over the past 20 years, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has supercharged research in California in ways that have often filled gaps in federal research funding and most recently by focusing on gaps in neurological disease. A few different factors are limiting biomedical research funding across the United States. In addition to recent … Continue reading Filling gaps in federal research funding with a focus on neurological diseases
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CIRM advancing research for neuropsychiatric disorders
Since 1949, Mental Health Awareness Month has taken place each May to highlight mental health and wellness. In California, an estimated 1.2 million adults have a serious mental illness, and 5.6 million have a mental health condition. Neuropsychiatric disorders continue to place a heavy burden on patients and caregivers, and effective treatments remain a major … Continue reading CIRM advancing research for neuropsychiatric disorders