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Closer to Cures: Diana Farmer discusses clinical trials for spina bifida April 22, 2026
written by Holly Alyssa MacCormick The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) helped fund a clinical trial that involved an experimental stem cell treatment for a frequently paralyzing form of spina bifida. Today, several of those babies are now able to walk and run unassisted. Babies with severe spina bifida are often treated with surgery […]
First therapy supported by CIRM approved by the FDA March 27, 2026
After 21 years (and a few months), the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has hit a major milestone: the first therapy supported by CIRM has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in patients. In 2004, when California voters created CIRM to fund research with stem cells — cells that can divide to form many different tissues in the body — stem cells […]
CIRM-funded clinical trial gives siblings a second chance at life March 17, 2026
written by Holly Alyssa MacCormick Alicia Langenhop was seven months pregnant with her third child when she and her husband, Jon, learned that their two toddlers had a life-threatening immune disease called leukocyte adhesion deficiency-1 (LAD-1). The odds of being born with LAD-1 are rare, literally one-in-a-million, but the disease is genetic, so the Langenhop’s unborn child had a roughly 25 percent chance of having the disease. […]