News and Events
Upcoming Events
January 17, 2026
January 27 Grants Working Group Meeting
January 16, 2026
January 29 ICOC Meeting
January 6, 2026
January 16 Governance Subcommittee Meeting
January 2, 2026
January 13 Communications Subcommittee Meeting
Latest Press Releases
January 29, 2026
CIRM approves new $100 million plan to accelerate genetic therapies for patients with rare diseases
December 11, 2025
CIRM approves over $160M to support preclinical and clinical research, advances education opportunities and access to clinical trials
October 30, 2025
CIRM awards $27 million to launch novel program designed to bring cell and gene therapies to underserved California communities
CIRM’s Blog: The Stem Cellar
The Stem Cellar
- New program to help patients with rare disease January 29, 2026Recently, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) announced a new approach for how its funding can advance treatments for people living with rare diseases. Individually, few people have any single rare disease, but in aggregate, about 30 million people in the U.S. have one of the roughly 10,000 rare diseases, and 95% have no […]
- Early-stage research could—one day—benefit many people living with genetic diseases December 9, 2025Written by Holly Alyssa MacCormick Wanting the best for your child is a universal experience, and Audrey Davidow wanted her baby to have a bright future full of possibility. But in March of 2012, her 13-month-old son Calvin was diagnosed with a rare disease called Pitt Hopkins Syndrome, and she was given little hope that […]
- A life of service: A conversation with CIRM Board Chair Vito Imbasciani December 5, 2025Written by Holly Alyssa MacCormick If you ask Vito Imbasciani to tell you about his career, you won’t get a simple answer, but you will get a great story about service, both to his country and the people of California. Imbasciani, PhD, MD, FACS, Colonel (ret.), is the chair of the board for the California […]
