Press Releases

CIRM-funded research programs are helping turn stem cells into cures. Browse our press release archive below to find out the latest advances. For even more breaking news, visit our blog, The Stem Cellar.

Jul 20, 2021
Board Funds Fifteen Bridges to Stem Cell Research and Therapy Programs Across California and New Sickle Cell Disease Trial
Jul 7, 2021
Art Torres Appointed to Two New Roles on the University of California Board of Regents
Jun 24, 2021
CIRM Adds Five New Hires, including VP Scientific Programs and a Decorated Veteran, to Build Out Its World Class Team
Jun 18, 2021
CIRM Board Approves New Clinical Trial for ALS
May 28, 2021
Statement from Dr. Maria Millan on the News of Orchard Returning the Treatment for ADA-SCID to UCLA
May 17, 2021
CIRM Board Approves Continued Funding for SPARK and Alpha Stem Cell Clinics
May 14, 2021
Industry Executive Kevin Marks joins CIRM as General Counsel during the Agency’s first wave of strategic growth
May 12, 2021
Medeor Therapeutics Completes Enrollment in CIRM-Funded Clinical Trial for Kidney Transplant Patients
May 11, 2021
New Study Shows CIRM-Supported Therapy Cures More than 95% of Children Born with a Fatal Immune Disorder.
Apr 20, 2021
CIRM Board Approves Clinical Trials for Blood Cancer and Pediatric Brain Tumors
Mar 30, 2021
Three UC’s Join Forces to Launch CRISPR Clinical Trial Targeting Sickle Cell Disease
Feb 9, 2021
UCSF Nursing Professor Joins Board of California’s Stem Cell Agency
Jan 11, 2021
U.C. San Diego Scientist Larry Goldstein Joins Stem Cell Agency’s Board
Dec 14, 2020
CIRM-Funded Project Targeting Sickle Cell Disease Gets Green Light for Clinical Trial
Nov 18, 2020
CIRM-Funded Clinical Trial for Sickle Cell Gives Hope to People Battling the Disease
Nov 13, 2020
Statement on the approval of Proposition 14
Nov 12, 2020
CIRM Board Approves Four New Clinical Trials
Sep 14, 2020
CIRM Funded Trial for Parkinson’s Treats First Patient
Sep 8, 2020
California’s Stem Cell Agency and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Partner to Create COVID-19 Database
Aug 7, 2020
Dean of UC Davis School of Medicine Joins Stem Cell Agency Board
Jul 24, 2020
CIRM Board Approves Two New Discovery Research Projects for COVID-19
Jul 10, 2020
CIRM Board Approves Two Discovery Research Projects for COVID-19
Jun 26, 2020
CIRM Board Approves Third Clinical Trial for COVID-19
Jun 12, 2020
CIRM Board Approves Two Additional COVID-19 Projects
May 29, 2020
Stem Cell Agency Board Approves Three More Projects Targeting COVID-19
May 22, 2020
CIRM Board Expands Efforts of COVID-19 Program
May 15, 2020
CIRM Board Approves Clinical Trials Targeting COVID-19 and Sickle Cell Disease
Apr 24, 2020
CIRM Board Funds its First Clinical Study for COVID-19
Apr 10, 2020
CIRM Board Expands COVID-19 Efforts
Mar 27, 2020
Stem Cell Agency Board Approves $5 Million in Emergency Funding for COVID-19 Research
Dec 16, 2019
Journalism Pioneer and Founder of Latino Cancer Institute Joins Stem Cell Agency Board
Dec 13, 2019
CIRM’s Alpha Stem Cell Clinics Given High Profile Role in Clinical Trials Network
Oct 31, 2019
Stem Cell Agency Approves Funding for Clinical Trials Targeting Parkinson’s Disease and Blindness
Oct 9, 2019
New Report Says Stem Cell Agency Produces Measurable Economic Benefits for California
Jul 24, 2019
CIRM Board Approves New Clinical Trial for Breast Cancer Related Brain Metastases
Jun 20, 2019
CIRM Board Approves New Clinical Trial for Rare Childhood Disease
May 23, 2019
Stem Cell Agency Board Approves New Clinical Trial for Type 1 Diabetes
May 1, 2019
CIRM Board Approves Funding for New Clinical Trials in Solid Tumors and Pediatric Disease
Apr 30, 2019
CIRM & NHLBI Create Landmark Agreement on Curing Sickle Cell Disease
Mar 21, 2019
Stem Cell Agency Awards Almost $4 Million to Develop a Treatment for Spinal Degeneration
Feb 21, 2019
Stem Cell Agency Invests in Chemotherapy-Free Approach to Rare But Deadly Childhood Disease
Jan 30, 2019
Rare Disease Gets Big Boost from California’s Stem Cell Agency
Dec 13, 2018
Stem Cell Agency Board Approves 50th Clinical Trial
Nov 15, 2018
Promising Approach to Curing Spina Bifida Gets $5.6 Million from Stem Cell Agency
Oct 18, 2018
Stem Cell Agency Invests in New Immunotherapy Approach to HIV, Plus Promising Projects Targeting Blindness and Leukemia
Jul 19, 2018
Late-Stage Preclinical Research Targeting Prostate Cancer Gets Almost $4 Million Support from California’s Stem Cell Agency
Jun 28, 2018
California’s Stem Cell Agency Invests in Research Developing New Treatments for Parkinson’s and Brain Tumors
Jun 25, 2018
U.C. Irvine’s Suzanne Sandmeyer joins Board of Stem Cell Agency
May 24, 2018
Clinical Trial Targeting Lung Cancer, Plus Promising Osteoporosis and Incontinence Research get Support from Stem Cell Agency
May 10, 2018
California’s Stem Cell Agency Applauds FDA for Crackdown on Stem Cell Clinics that “Peddle Unapproved Treatments.”

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