How a Gladstone scientist is using bioengineering to push the pace of stem cell research At CIRM, we strive to fund the most promising stem cell research and speed the advancement of stem cell treatments to patients who need them. Because we are a state agency, we generally focus on funding scientists, universities, and companies … Continue reading Growing Stem Cell Research in California (Video)
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How transcription factors and a healthy heart
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered how a group of transcription factors interact during embryonic development to form a healthy heart. Their findings deepen our understanding of heart formation and may lead to new treatments for cardiovascular disease. The study, published today in the journal Cell, describes how cardiac transcription factors work together. Transcription … Continue reading How transcription factors and a healthy heart
A Win for Diabetes: Scientists Make Functional Pancreatic Cells From Skin
Today is an exciting day for diabetes research and patients. For the first time, scientists have succeeded in making functional pancreatic beta cells from human skin. This new method for making the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas could produce a new, more effective treatment for patients suffering from diabetes. Researchers at the Gladstone Institutes and … Continue reading A Win for Diabetes: Scientists Make Functional Pancreatic Cells From Skin
CIRM Scholar Helen Fong on Stem Cells and Brain Disease
Helen Fong, CIRM Scholar and Research Scientist at the Gladstone Institutes Meet another talented CIRM Scholar, Helen Fong. She is a Research Scientist at the Gladstone Institutes and completed her graduate work at UC Irvine. She loves stem cells, disease modeling, and testing differentiation protocols—the methods that guide stem cells to become specific tissues. As … Continue reading CIRM Scholar Helen Fong on Stem Cells and Brain Disease
From Stem Cells to Cures with Shinya Yamanaka and Google Ventures
How do you go from basic stem cell research to cures for patients? We ask this question everyday at CIRM, and we’re not alone in our tireless pursuit to find answers to this challenging question. In fact, two leaders on different sides of the stem cell arena - research and investment - came together last … Continue reading From Stem Cells to Cures with Shinya Yamanaka and Google Ventures
The Ogawa-Yamanaka Prize Crowns Its First Stem Cell Champion
A world of dark Imagine if you woke up one day and couldn’t see. Your life would change drastically, and you would have to painfully relearn how to function in a world that heavily relies on sight. While most people don’t lose their sight overnight, many suffer from visual impairments that slowly happen over time. … Continue reading The Ogawa-Yamanaka Prize Crowns Its First Stem Cell Champion
How stimulating! A new way to repair broken bones
For those of us who live in earthquake country the recent devastating quakes in Nepal are a reminder, as if we needed one, of the danger and damage these temblors can cause. Many of those injured in the quake suffered severe bone injuries – broken legs, crushed limbs etc. Repairing those injuries is going to … Continue reading How stimulating! A new way to repair broken bones