Crissy Field was filled with vibrant colors and massive energy for the 10th annual Moving Day San Francisco event on Saturday, May 4th. Even with the rain and wind, community members showed up to demonstrate their commitment to "moving to end Parkinson's." Moving Day is an annual fundraising walk that unites people living with Parkinson’s Disease, their caregivers, and … Continue reading How CIRM is moving to raise awareness of Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s Awareness Month
#Take6ForPD: CIRM Board member David Higgins shares why Parkinson’s awareness matters
April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is joining the campaign to #Take6ForPD—take 6 minutes to raise Parkinson’s awareness and highlight our commitment to funding research for the disease. In addition to highlighting our commitment to funding research for Parkinson's Disease, we're also giving patients and patient advocates the opportunity to … Continue reading #Take6ForPD: CIRM Board member David Higgins shares why Parkinson’s awareness matters
CIRM commits $60 million for Parkinson’s research, joins #Take6ForPD awareness campaign
April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is joining the campaign to #Take6ForPD—take 6 minutes to raise Parkinson’s awareness and highlight our commitment to funding research for the disease. What is Parkinson’s Disease? Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects nearly 1 million people in the United States … Continue reading CIRM commits $60 million for Parkinson’s research, joins #Take6ForPD awareness campaign
Celebrating Exciting CIRM-Funded Discovery Research on World Parkinson’s Day
April 11th is World Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Day. To mark the occasion, we’re featuring the work of CIRM-funded researchers who are pursuing new, promising ideas to treat patients with this debilitating neurodegenerative disease. Birgitt Schuele, Parkinson’s Institute CIRM Grant: Quest Award – Discovery Stage Research Research: Birgitt and her team at the Parkinson’s Institute in … Continue reading Celebrating Exciting CIRM-Funded Discovery Research on World Parkinson’s Day
Could the Answer to Treating Parkinson’s Disease Come From Within the Brain?
Sometimes a solution to a disease doesn’t come in the form of a drug or a stem cell therapy, but from within ourselves. Yesterday, scientists from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden reported an alternative strategy for treating Parkinson’s disease that involves reprogramming specific cells in the brain into the nerve cells killed off by the … Continue reading Could the Answer to Treating Parkinson’s Disease Come From Within the Brain?
How Parkinson’s disease became personal for one stem cell researcher
April is Parkinson's disease Awareness Month. This year the date is particularly significant because 2017 is the 200th anniversary of the publication of British apothecary James Parkinson's "An Essay on the Shaking Palsy", which is now recognized as a seminal work in describing the disease. To mark the occasion we talked with Dr. Birgitt Schuele, … Continue reading How Parkinson’s disease became personal for one stem cell researcher
The Stem Cellar 