The advent of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) has offered enormous potential for regenerative medicine and for basic understanding of human biology. On the one hand, hESCs can be turned…
More than 600 disorders afflict the nervous system. Common disorders such as stroke, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and autism are well-known. Many other neurological disorders are rare, known only to the…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive, fatal neurological disease that leads to the degeneration of motor neurons in the brain and in the spinal cord. There are currently…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a lethal disease lacking effective treatments, is characterized by the loss of upper and lower motor neurons. 5-10% of ALS is familial, but the majority of…
One of the main objectives of stem cell biology is to create physiologically relevant cell types that can be used to either facilitate the study of or directly treat human…
This Facebook Live event, "Ask the Stem Cell Team about ALS", aired on July 31st, 2018 and featured a conversation between Drs. Clive Svendsen, Robert Baloh from Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Ralph…
To a stem cell scientist, "Disease in a Dish" describes a powerful way to study human disease in the lab using a Nobel Prize winning technique. But to a non-scientist…
On July 3rd, CIRM hosted a Google Hangout to discuss progress toward stem cell therapies for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. Dr. Clive Svendsen, a…
Title: Lumbar Intraspinal Injection of Neural Stem Cells in Patients with ALS: Results of a Phase I Trial in 12 Patients Speaker: Jonathan D. Glass, M.D. Professor, Neurology and Pathology,…
On July 26th 2012, the governing board of California's Stem Cell Agency approved an $18 million Disease Team research grant that aims to bring a stem cell-based ALS treatment to…
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