Jake Javier and his parents at Duke University A spinal cord injury is devastating and can change a life instantly. Each year, 250,000 to 500,000 people worldwide sustain an SCI. Most injuries result from trauma to the spinal column. Those injuries disrupt the spinal cord’s ability to send and receive signals between the brain and … Continue reading Update on spinal cord injury patient enrolled in CIRM-funded stem cell clinical trial
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Making a good thing better
Thomas Edison Legend has it that Thomas Edison “failed” 1,000 times before he managed to create the incandescent lightbulb. Edison says he didn’t get discouraged, instead he looked at each unsuccessful experiment as being one step closer to finding the method that really worked. That’s a lesson in optimism and persistence for all of us. … Continue reading Making a good thing better
CIRM-funded kidney transplant procedure progresses
Kidney transplant surgery. Medeor Therapeutics, which is running a CIRM-funded clinical trial to help people getting kidney transplants, just got some really good news. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just granted their product Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation. That’s a big deal because it may allow them to apply for faster … Continue reading CIRM-funded kidney transplant procedure progresses
Good news for two CIRM-supported therapies
Jake Javier, a patient in the spinal cord injury stem cell therapy clinical trial It’s always satisfying to see two projects you have supported for a long time do well. That’s particularly true when the projects in question are targeting conditions that have no other effective therapies. This week we learned that a clinical trial … Continue reading Good news for two CIRM-supported therapies