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Former CIRM trainee Mercedes Paredes goes full circle September 25, 2026
When Mercedes Paredes was a young clinical fellow at the University of California, San Francisco, she knew she wanted to spend her career better understanding the origins of – and possible treatments for – neuropsychiatric diseases. She didn’t know how to get started. That’s where a training grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine […]
Looking Back in Gratitude: One Family, One Trial, and Moving Science Forward September 16, 2026
In her home on the island of Kauai with her husband Chris Constantino at her side and her two children playing nearby, Nichelle Obar breaks the illusion that nothing was ever amiss in her family’s slice of paradise. “It all happened so fast,” she says, explaining the cascade of news and life-and-death decisions she and […]
How CIRM supports patients and their families in clinical trials September 10, 2026
A year ago, Sam and his wife knew little about clinical trials, experimental therapies, or a rare, aggressive brain cancer known as diffuse midline glioma. Since their 6-year-old daughter was diagnosed a few months ago, they’ve become experts. “I wouldn’t have known about any of it,” said Sam. “It’s so rare — maybe 300 cases […]