The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is supporting innovative research into neuro diseases, including a project examining how air pollution may contribute to autism. Through the Research using Multidisciplinary, Innovative approaches in Neuro Diseases (ReMIND) program, Stuart Lipton, MD, PhD, and co-investigators Tomo Nakamura, PhD, John Yates, PhD, Marisa Roberto, PhD, and Nik Schork, … Continue reading The Link Between Air Pollution and Autism
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Way back in 2013, the CIRM Board invested $32 million in a project to create an iPSC Bank. The goal was simple; to collect tissue samples from people who have different diseases, turn those samples into high quality stem cell lines - the kind known as induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) - and create a … Continue reading You can bank on CIRM