Meet Ja’Ceon Golden. He was among the first patients treated at UC San Francisco, in partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in a CIRM-funded study for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency. Ja’Ceon was born without a functioning immune system, so even a simple cold could have been fatal. At UCSF, Dr. Mort Cowan’s team collected Ja’Ceon’s … Continue reading Celebrating Ja’Ceon Golden
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Stories that caught our eye: SanBio’s Traumatic Brain Injury trial hits its target; A new approach to endometriosis; and a SCID kid celebrates Halloween in style
Hopeful signs for treating brain injuries There are more than 200,000 cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the US every year. The injuries can be devastating, resulting in everything from difficult sleeping to memory loss, depression and severe disability. There is no cure. But this week the SanBio Group had some encouraging news from … Continue reading Stories that caught our eye: SanBio’s Traumatic Brain Injury trial hits its target; A new approach to endometriosis; and a SCID kid celebrates Halloween in style