Every year, the second Wednesday in October is set aside as Stem Cell Awareness Day, a time to celebrate the progress being made in the field and to remind us of the challenges that lie ahead. While the event began here in California in 2008, with then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger highlighting the work of CIRM, saying: … Continue reading Hits and Myths as people celebrate Stem Cell Awareness Day
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‘Pay-to-Participate’ stem cell clinical studies, the ugly stepchild of ClinicalTrials.gov
When patients are looking for clinical trials testing new drugs or treatments for their disease, one of the main websites they visit is ClinicalTrials.gov. It’s a registry provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of approximately 250,000 clinical trials spanning over 200 countries around the world. If you visit the website, you’ll find CIRM’s … Continue reading ‘Pay-to-Participate’ stem cell clinical studies, the ugly stepchild of ClinicalTrials.gov
Building the world’s largest iPSC repository with CIRM’s Stephen Lin
This blog originally appeared on RegMedNet and was provided by Freya Leask, Editor & Community Manager of RegMedNet. In this interview, Stephen Lin, Senior Science Officer at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), discusses the scope, challenges, and potential of CIRM’s iPSC Initiative. Stephen Lin Stephen Lin received his PhD from Washington University (MO, USA) and … Continue reading Building the world’s largest iPSC repository with CIRM’s Stephen Lin